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Ethnic diversity and economic instability in Africa : interdisciplinary perspectives /

There is growing consensus in the development economics literature that ethnic diversity is a very significant factor in explaining Africa's poor economic performance. Ethnic Diversity and Economic Instability in Africa challenges this conventional wisdom. Drawing on the insights of historians,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Hino, Hiroyuki, 1945-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Findings of development economics and their limitations / Gustav Ranis
  • Part I, Demystifying ethnicity
  • Ethnic patriotism and markets in African history / John Lonsdale
  • The concept of ethnicity: strengths and limitations for quantitative analysis / Graham Brown and Arnim Langer
  • Essence of ethnicity: an African perspective / Bethwell Allan Ogot
  • Part II, Does ethnic diversity hinder economic development?
  • State, ethnicity and economy in Africa / Yash Pal Ghai
  • Ethnic politics, economic reform and democratisation in Africa / Bruce J. Berman
  • Evidence from spatial correlation of poverty and income in Kenya / Nobuaki Hamaguchi
  • Part III, Relationships between ethnicity and stability
  • Belonging, exclusion and ethnic competition / Parker Shipton
  • Horizontal inequalities and market instability in Africa / Graham Brown and Frances Stewart
  • Impact of ethnicities on market outcome: results of market experiments in Kenya / Ken-Ichi Shimomura and Takehiko Yamato
  • Conclusion: Key findings of our interdisciplinary dialogue / Hiroyuki Hino.