Institutions and Ethnic Politics in Africa (Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions)
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Presenting a theory to explain how politics revolves around one axis of social cleavage instead of another, Daniel Posner examines Zambia, where people identify themselves either as members of one of the country's seventy-three tribes or as members of one of its four principal language groups. Drawing on a simple model of identity choice, Posner demonstrates that the answer depends on whether the country is operating under single-party or multi-party rule, thus revealing how formal institutional rules determine the social cleavages that matter.
About the Author
Daniel N. Posner is Assistant Professor of Political Science at UCLA. His research focuses on ethnic politics, regime change, and the political economy of development in Africa. He has published articles in numerous journals including the American Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, Comparative Politics, and the British Journal of Political Science. He has received grants or fellowships from the Russell Sage Foundation, the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, and the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies. He has been a National Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, and is currently a Carnegie Scholar of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Institutions and Ethnic Politics in Africa (Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions),Daniel N. Posner,Randall Calvert,Thrainn Eggertsson,Cambridge University Press,0521541794,Ethnic Studies - General,Ethnic relations,General,Political Process - General,Political Science,Political aspects,Politics - Current Events,Politics / Current Events,Politics and government,Politics, Practical,Politics/International Relations,Zambia,Africa,Ethnic studies,POLITICS & GOVERNMENT,Political Science / General
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