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"Traditional" Resolution of Land Conflicts: The Survival of Precolonial Dispute Settlement in Burundi
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Abstract Where and how have precolonial institutions of conflict resolution remained intact? Although it is often argued that "traditional" institutions can play a key role in managing communal conflicts, little is known about the conditions of their "survival." This article argues that historical, political... view more
Where and how have precolonial institutions of conflict resolution remained intact? Although it is often argued that "traditional" institutions can play a key role in managing communal conflicts, little is known about the conditions of their "survival." This article argues that historical, political, and cultural topographies are essential to understanding patterns of the persistence and demise of precolonial institutions. Traditional modes of conflict resolution remain strong where they have been internalized over centuries: in the cultural and political centers of precolonial states. I use original geocoded survey data and historical spatial information on precolonial Burundi to analyze this hypothesis. The estimations yield robust correlations between the geographic patterns of the precolonial kingdom and current modes of resource-related conflict resolution.... view less
Keywords
Burundi; land policy; colonialism; colonial policy; state formation; conflict management; institutional factors; conflict resolution; conflict strategy; resilience; governance; domestic policy; agriculture; primary sector; traditional society
Classification
Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Political Science
Free Keywords
Innerstaatlicher Konflikt; Agrarsektor; Landkonflikt; Konfliktmanagement; Konfliktlösungskapazität von Institutionen/Organisationen; Traditionelles Recht; Präkolonialzeit; Bildung von Institutionen; Kolonialgeschichte; Nationenbildung
Document language
English
Publication Year
2017
Page/Pages
p. 1835-1868
Journal
Comparative political studies, 50 (2017) 13
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/0010414016688006
ISSN
1552-3829
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed