The Effects of Oil Production and Ethnic Representation on Violent Conflict in Nigeria : A Mixed-Methods Approach

Koos, Carlo; Pierskalla, Jan

The Effects of Oil Production and Ethnic Representation on Violent Conflict in Nigeria : A Mixed-Methods Approach

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2016

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Koos, Carlo

Pierskalla, Jan

Open Access-Veröffentlichung

Open Access Green

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Politik- und Verwaltungswissenschaft

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Terrorism and Political Violence. 2016, 28(5), pp. 888-911. ISSN 0954-6553. eISSN 1556-1836. Available under: doi: 10.1080/09546553.2014.962021

Zusammenfassung

A large qualitative literature on violent conflict in Nigeria has identified the importance of oil production and ethnicity as salient factors in understanding violence, especially in the oil-rich Niger Delta. This resonates with the broader literature on natural resources, ethnic exclusion, and conflict. This article advances existing research by providing the first highly disaggregated statistical analysis of oil, ethnicity, and violence for Nigerian Local Government Areas (LGAs). We test whether oil production in a weak state environment, and local groups’ access to governmental power, affect the level of violence in Nigeria. We employ unique disaggregated data on violent conflict events, proprietary data on oil production, and newly collected information on local ethnic groups’ access to the federal government for 774 LGAs. We find strong evidence that LGAs with oil infrastructure experience significantly more violence than others, while access to the federal government significantly reduces violence. We complement these findings with a qualitative investigation of violent conflicts in Nigeria.

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320 Politik

Schlagwörter

ethnic exclusion, mixed-methods, natural resources, Nigeria, oil, violence

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KOOS, Carlo, Jan PIERSKALLA, 2016. The Effects of Oil Production and Ethnic Representation on Violent Conflict in Nigeria : A Mixed-Methods Approach. In: Terrorism and Political Violence. 2016, 28(5), pp. 888-911. ISSN 0954-6553. eISSN 1556-1836. Available under: doi: 10.1080/09546553.2014.962021

BibTex

@article{Koos2016-10-19Effec-34615,
  year={2016},
  doi={10.1080/09546553.2014.962021},
  title={The Effects of Oil Production and Ethnic Representation on Violent Conflict in Nigeria : A Mixed-Methods Approach},
  number={5},
  volume={28},
  issn={0954-6553},
  journal={Terrorism and Political Violence},
  pages={888--911},
  author={Koos, Carlo and Pierskalla, Jan}
}

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