The Effectiveness of Indigenous Conflict Management Strategies in Localized Contexts

Cross-Cultural Research • Vol/Iss. 56(1) • SAGE Publications • • Published In • Pages: 3-28 •
By Lundy, Brandon D., Collette, Tyler L., Downs, J. Taylor

Hypothesis

OCM subjects associated with indigenous conflict management (ICM) approaches are distinct from OCM subjects associated with non-ICM approaches.

Note

ICM approaches were proxied by 20 OCM subjects that the authors felt best represented these approaches, based on previous research. 14 OCM subjects were selected for non-ICM approaches in the same way. The authors ran this analysis to ensure that the subjects they had picked indeed represented two unique approaches to conflict management. The subjects clustered as expected, with the exception of the OCM subject "Peacemaking" (728), which had been included as a proxy of non-ICM approaches to conflict. The authors explained this by saying that peacemaking is often associated with formal restorative or transformative justice, which shares many attributes with ICM.

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Multi-Dimensional ScalingSupport ClaimedUNKNOWNUNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
ICM subjectsUNKNOWNAvoidance And Taboo, Community Councils, Community Heads, Cooperative Organization, Cult Of The Dead, Ethics, Etiquette, Family Relationships, Friendships, Gift Giving, Informal In-group Justice, Inter-community Relations, Kin Relationships, Multi-ethnic Community Relations, Mutual Aid, Public Opinion, Purification And Atonement, Social Control, Social Relationships And Groups, Transmission Of Cultural Norms
Non-ICM subjectsUNKNOWNExecution Of Justice, External Relations, Form And Rules Of Government, Initiation Of Judicial Proceedings, Judicial Authority, Legal And Judicial Personnel, Legal Norms, Litigation, Local Officials, Peacemaking, Police, Prisons And Jails, Trial Procedure, Wartime Adjustments