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Institutions and ethnic politics in Africa / Daniel N. Posner.

By: Material type: TextLanguage: Eng Series: Political economy of institutions and decisionsPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.Description: xv, 337 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780521833981
  • 0521833981
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 324/.089/0096894 22
LOC classification:
  • JQ2831 .P67
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Contents:
Accounting for the ethnic cleavage structure -- Accounting for ethnic coalition-building choices -- Testing the argument -- Beyond Zambia.
Summary: Posner presents a theory to account for why and when politics revolves around one axis of social cleavage instead of another. It does so by examining the case of Zambia, where people identify themselves as either members of one of the country's 73 tribesor as members of one of its four principal language groups.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-327) and index.

Accounting for the ethnic cleavage structure -- Accounting for ethnic coalition-building choices -- Testing the argument -- Beyond Zambia.

Posner presents a theory to account for why and when politics revolves around one axis of social cleavage instead of another. It does so by examining the case of Zambia, where people identify themselves as either members of one of the country's 73 tribesor as members of one of its four principal language groups.

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