Institutions and Ethnic Politics in Africa


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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.

Author: Daniel N. Posner
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 06/01/2005
Pages: 360
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9780521541794
ISBN10: 0521541794
BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Political Process | General
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | General
- Political Science | American Government | General

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