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Ethnic Diversity in Eastern Africa : Opportunities and Challenges
In most of Africa, there is evidence of politicised inter-ethnic rivalry and ethnic mobilisation to acquire, maintain or monopolise power as competition for resources intensify. This volume demonstrates how ethnic diversity can be managed at a number of levels in order to improve the lives of citize...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Twaweza Communications,
2010.
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| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | In most of Africa, there is evidence of politicised inter-ethnic rivalry and ethnic mobilisation to acquire, maintain or monopolise power as competition for resources intensify. This volume demonstrates how ethnic diversity can be managed at a number of levels in order to improve the lives of citizens. As the contributors show, ethnicity as an identity is fluid and malleable. It can be deconstructed in order to reduce its saliency. Evidently, strong ethnic affliation has also been viewed as a major barrier to human and economic development although ethnically bound welfare organisations do inf. |
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| Item Description: | Abolishing the first-past-the-post system of governance. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (254 pages). |
| ISBN: | 9789966028068 |