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X-WR-CALNAME:Local Leaders\, Dispute Arbitration\, & Violence in Nigeria
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DESCRIPTION:Communal violence remains an enduring experience across many mu
 lti-ethnic societies. In these diverse communities\, small-scale clashes c
 an quickly escalate into severe cycles of violence. While tensions within 
 these communities are nearly ubiquitous\, the outbreak of violence is not.
  What accounts for these pockets of peace within conflict zones? I argue t
 hat violent outbreaks depend on the efficacy of local leaders—and citize
 n responses—in dispute resolution\, which are shaped by the strength of 
 ties leaders possess both within (bonding capital) and across (bridging ca
 pital) communities.\n\nTo examine my core theoretical predictions\, I cond
 ucted a randomized controlled trial and surveys with local leaders and cit
 izens across 88 communities in Nigeria. I find that leaders with cross-gro
 up ties perceive outgroup leaders with more credibility\, report more succ
 essful dispute resolution and\, ultimately\, fewer violent events. In addi
 tion\, I find that the residents who live under more bridged leaders are m
 ore likely to comply with decisions and report improved security.\n\nABOUT
  THE SPEAKER\n\nCatlan Reardon is the Einstein-Moos Postdoctoral Fellow at
  CDDRL at Stanford University. She received her PhD in Political Science i
 n August 2022. Her research lies at the intersection of elite political be
 havior\, violence\, and the political economy of development\, with a focu
 s on sub-Saharan Africa. Her book project explores how local leaders impac
 t violence through examining their key roles as arbiters of local disputes
 \, drawing primarily from field research in North-Central Nigeria. She is 
 particularly interested in understanding the incentives behind local leade
 r behavior within local conflict resolution and how this influences the ex
 tent to which small-scale clashes escalate into larger spirals of violence
 . She also has several projects examining the effect of top-down and botto
 m-up peacebuilding interventions on violence and social cohesion. She has 
 conducted field work in India\, Uganda\, Kenya\, and Nigeria.
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SUMMARY:Local Leaders\, Dispute Arbitration\, & Violence in Nigeria
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