Harnessing the Social Energies of Youths in Farming and Pastoral Communities in Managing Conflicts in Nigeria

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ID2098533
AutoresPatience Adzande (0000-0002-7043-6454, autor correspondente)
Ano2022
Volume65
Fascículo2
Páginas479-503
Data de publicação2022-06-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAfrican Studies Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0002-0206 • E-ISSN: 1555-2462
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/asr.2021.116
OpenAlexW4284890916
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas15

In spite of the growing recognition of the agency of youths in volatile societies, youths continue to be an under-utilized resource in conflict management. Thus, drawing on qualitative fieldwork in Nigeria, Adzande examines how youths are contributing to the management of farmer-herder conflicts. This study shows that youths are involved in informal policing as community vigilantes, as well as participating in mediation and the enforcement of restorative justice. A new initiative which is yet to be evaluated is the community-based security architecture in which youths can work with other actors to facilitate early warning, prevention, and resolution of conflicts between farmers and herders

Agency (philosophy · Conflict management · Conflict resolution · Criminology · Economic growth · Law enforcement · Mediation · Political science · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Work (physics · Engineering · Health and Conflict Studies · Law · Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology · Transboundary Water Resource Management