ISBN:
9781107025998
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (356 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Ethnic Diversity and Economic Instability in Africa : Interdisciplinary Perspectives
DDC:
305.80096
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
A challenge to the conventional idea that ethnic diversity is an important cause of Africa's poor economic performance
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Ethnic Diversity and Economic Instability in Africa; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Findings of development economics and their limitations; Introduction; Diversity and development; Diversity and democracy; Diversity and volatility; Introduction to the book and some concluding thoughts; References; Part I: Demystifying ethnicity; 1: Ethnic patriotism and markets in African history; Introduction: the contingencies of history; Moral ethnicity and political tribalism: patriotisms in the longue durée
Description / Table of Contents:
Case studies: an outlineWest Africa; East Africa; Southern Africa; Conclusions; References; 2: The concept of ethnicity: strengths and limitations for quantitative analysis; Introduction; What is 'ethnicity'?; How do we operationalise 'ethnicity'?; How do we measure diversity and disparity?; Pure diversity measures; Synthetic measures of ethnic disparity; Geographical distribution and ethnic diversity: segregation indices; Economic distribution and ethnic diversity; Political distribution and ethnic diversity; Conclusions; References; 3: Essence of ethnicity: an African perspective
Description / Table of Contents:
IntroductionEthnic fluidity in pre-colonial Kenya; Ethnicity and colonial administrative boundaries; Administrative boundaries, local authorities and ethnicity; The construction of ethnicity and tradition: the struggle for ethnic sovereignty; From ethnic to national sovereignty; Ethnicity and power; The establishment of Kalenjin ethnic sovereignty; Ethnic wars of conquest; Ethnicity and constitutionalism; Conclusion; References; Part II: Does ethnic diversity hinder economic development?; 4: State, ethnicity and economy in Africa; Introduction; Constitution and market; Kenya: a case study
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Absence of constitutional orderState: hindrance to observance of constitution and consequent instability; Subordination of society; Obstacles to the functioning of market economy; Conclusion; References; 5: Ethnic politics, economic reform and democratisation in Africa; Introduction; The social construction of African ethnicities; The state, nationalism and the politics of patronage; Neo-liberal reform and social decay; Democracy and disorder: African nations and the conflicts of autochthony; African ethnicity and nationalism as shadow and portent; References
Description / Table of Contents:
6: Evidence from spatial correlation of poverty and income in KenyaIntroduction; Background; Summary and conclusions; References; Part III: Relationships between ethnicity and stability; 7: Belonging, exclusion and ethnic competition; Introduction; Ethnicity's facets and fluidity: 'race', language and culture; Ethnicity in Africa; Roots of conflicts; Territorial confinement: countries as cages, and continents too; Aid, trade and mobility; Belonging and sovereignty; Ethnic discord and economic instability; A concluding caveat; References
Description / Table of Contents:
8: Horizontal inequalities and market instability in Africa
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