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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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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Obsah:
- 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.