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This book explores the significance of religious resurgence and violence in Nigeria, and how informal local government power-sharing reduces communal Muslim-Christian violence.
Sommario
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.
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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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This book will appeal not only to students of religion, conflict, and Nigerian or African politics, but also to experts in the policy and NGO community who are seeking to understand the problem of ethnic violence in divided societies and how inclusive local political institutions can defuse conflict.
