@book{fdi:010067387,
  title = {{V}iolence in {N}igeria : a qualitative and quantitative analysis},
  author = {{P}{\'e}rouse de {M}ontclos, {M}arc-{A}ntoine},
  editor = {{P}{\'e}rouse de {M}ontclos, {M}arc-{A}ntoine},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{M}ost of the academic literature on violence in {N}igeria is qualitative. {I}t rarely relies on quantitative data because police crime statistics are not reliable, or not available, or not even published. {M}oreover, the training of {N}igerian social scientists often focuses on qualitative, cultural, and political issues. {T}here is thus a need to bridge the qualitative and quantitative approaches of conflict studies. {T}his book represents an innovation and fills a gap in this regard. {I}t is the first to introduce a discussion on such issues in a coherent manner, relying on a database that fills the lacunae in data from the security forces. {T}he authors underline the necessity of a trend analysis to decipher the patterns and the complexity of violence in very different fields: from oil production to cattle breeding, radical {I}slam to motor accidents, land conflicts to witchcraft, and so on. {I}n addition, they argue for empirical investigation and a complementary approach using both qualitative and quantitative data. {T}he book is therefore organized into two parts, with a focus first on statistical studies, then on fieldwork.},
  keywords = {{NIGERIA}},
  address = {{L}eyde},
  publisher = {{A}frican {S}tudies {C}entre},
  series = {{WAPOSO}.{W}est {A}frican {P}olitics and {S}ociety {S}eries},
  pages = {216},
  year = {2016},
  ISBN = {978-90-5448-149-2},
  ISSN = {2213-5480},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010067387},
}