Conflict management, decentralization, and agropastoralism in dryland West Africa
This paper reports on a four-site study conducted in the Sahelian zone of Niger. The study takes a novel mixed methods approach for understanding conflict management from the perspective of rural peoples by not only describing past highly publicized conflicts but also by analyzing the steps rural pe...
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| author | Turner, M. Ayantunde, Augustine A. Patterson, K.P. Patterson, E.D. |
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| description | This paper reports on a four-site study conducted in the Sahelian zone of Niger. The study takes a novel mixed methods approach for understanding conflict management from the perspective of rural peoples by not only describing past highly publicized conflicts but also by analyzing the steps rural peoples follow to management disagreements that arise in their everyday lives. This “bottom-up” approach reveals both a capacity and preference among our informants to manage disagreements informally without involving village or extra-village authorities. Decentralization initiatives, by reworking the authority and responsibilities of authority-based systems, affect the role that these informal mechanisms, as mediated by social norms and relations, play in conflict management. |
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| spelling | CGSpace107022025-11-12T04:26:55Z Conflict management, decentralization, and agropastoralism in dryland West Africa Turner, M. Ayantunde, Augustine A. Patterson, K.P. Patterson, E.D. pastoralism decentralization management This paper reports on a four-site study conducted in the Sahelian zone of Niger. The study takes a novel mixed methods approach for understanding conflict management from the perspective of rural peoples by not only describing past highly publicized conflicts but also by analyzing the steps rural peoples follow to management disagreements that arise in their everyday lives. This “bottom-up” approach reveals both a capacity and preference among our informants to manage disagreements informally without involving village or extra-village authorities. Decentralization initiatives, by reworking the authority and responsibilities of authority-based systems, affect the role that these informal mechanisms, as mediated by social norms and relations, play in conflict management. 2012-04 2011-11-21T06:36:55Z 2011-11-21T06:36:55Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/10702 en Open Access application/pdf Elsevier Turner, M.D., Ayantunde, A.A., Patterson, K.P. and Patterson, E.D. III. 2012. Conflict management, decentralization, and agropastoralism in dryland West Africa. World Development 40(2): 745-757 |
| spellingShingle | pastoralism decentralization management Turner, M. Ayantunde, Augustine A. Patterson, K.P. Patterson, E.D. Conflict management, decentralization, and agropastoralism in dryland West Africa |
| title | Conflict management, decentralization, and agropastoralism in dryland West Africa |
| title_full | Conflict management, decentralization, and agropastoralism in dryland West Africa |
| title_fullStr | Conflict management, decentralization, and agropastoralism in dryland West Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Conflict management, decentralization, and agropastoralism in dryland West Africa |
| title_short | Conflict management, decentralization, and agropastoralism in dryland West Africa |
| title_sort | conflict management decentralization and agropastoralism in dryland west africa |
| topic | pastoralism decentralization management |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/10702 |
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