Nigeria Deliberative Town Halls Baruten/Kaiama: Current Evaluations of Nigerian Democracy’s Future

Nigeria Deliberative Town Halls Baruten/Kaiama: Current Evaluations of Nigerian Democracy’s Future

Authors: Marco Castradori, Michael A. Neblo, & William Minozzi

Project Description: A report on a hybrid deliberative town hall held in Baruten/Kaiama, Nigeria. The study finds that attending the town hall significantly boosted constituents' approval of their representative and their trust in democracy, with positive "spillover" effects even reaching citizens who did not attend.

Keywords: Democratic Trust, Nigeria, Spillover Effects, Town Hall, Civic Infrastructure

Link: Access Working Paper