Religion, Violence, and Local Power-Sharing in Nigeria
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Religion, Violence, and Local Power-Sharing in Nigeria


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Why does religion become a fault line of communal violence in some pluralistic countries and not others? Under what conditions will religious identity - as opposed to other salient ethnic cleavages - become the spark that ignites communal violence? Contemporary world politics since 9/11 is increasingly marked by intra-state communal clashes in which religious identity is the main fault line. Yet, violence erupts only in some religiously pluralistic countries, and only in some parts of those countries. This study argues that prominent theories in the study of civil conflict cannot adequately account for the variation in subnational identity-based violence. Examining this variation in the context of Nigeria's pluralistic north-central region, this book finds support for a new theory of power-sharing. It finds that communities are less likely to fall prey to a divisive narrative of religious difference where local leaders informally agreed to abide by an inclusive, local government power-sharing arrangement.

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements; Preface; 1. Deterring religious violence; Part I. The Importance of Local Government and the Politics of Religious Change: 2. Pattern and politics of religions change in Nigeria; 3. Tenuous unity: federalism, local governments, and politics in Nigeria; Part II. Making the Case for Power-Sharing: The Empirical Evidence: 4. Theory of local government power-sharing; 5. Power-sharing data and findings; 6. Case studies and the power-sharing mechanism; 7. Case studies and the origins of power-sharing; 8. Considering competing hypotheses; Part III. Conclusions: 9. Conclusion; Appendices; References; Index.

About the Author :
Laura Thaut Vinson is an Assistant Professor of International Affairs at Lewis and Clark College, Portland. She has conducted fieldwork in Nigeria and Kenya, and was a postdoctoral research fellow at the Dickey Center for International Understanding at Dartmouth College. She has interned with the US Department of State; the US Embassy to Lithuania; the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe in Belgrade, Serbia; and Islamic Relief, UK. She was a Fulbright student research fellow to Lithuania. Her work has appeared in edited volumes and peer-reviewed journals such as the Journal of Peace Research. She earned her Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Minnesota.


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  • ISBN-13: 9781316832110
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1316832112
  • Publisher Date: 13 Oct 2017
  • Binding: Digital download and online


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