The application of PRA methods to the study of conflict management in a pastoral society

Publication year: 
1994

A two-year project investigated modes of conflict management in a pastoral society in north-western Kenya, and tried to find causes for successful or non-successful (that is, non-violent or violent) conflict behaviour. PRA methods were used in an effort to speed up the normally lengthy process of obtaining data on conflict management. The study found that internal conflict was managed fairly successfully despite being thoroughly informal. This stood in sharp contrast to violent inter-ethnic conflicts. The reasons for these differences were many and complex. The paper concludes that although an appreciable amount of descriptive data may be gathered by using PRA methods, they are more limited when it comes to identifying the causes of conflict behaviour.

Interest groups: 
This study will be of special interest to those working with livestock-keepers in regions of conflict
Source publication information
Journal Title: 
RRA Notes
Volume: 
20
Pages: 
151-153
Publisher
IIED, 3 Endsleigh Street, London WC1H ODD, UK

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A : RRA notes 492
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