Religion, violence, and local power-sharing in Nigeria /
"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 inc...
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| Jezik: | engleski |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2017.
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| Online pristup: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1578715 |
Sadržaj:
- Cover
- Half-title page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Deterring Religious Violence
- Part I The Importance of the Politics of Religious Change and Local Government
- 2 Pattern and Politics of Religious 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 A Theory of Local Government Power-Sharing
- 5 Power-Sharing Data and Findings
- 6 Case Studies and the Power-Sharing Mechanism7 Case Studies and the Origins of Power-Sharing
- 8 Considering Competing Hypotheses
- Part III Conclusions
- 9 Conclusion
- Appendices
- References