articleForeign AffairsJan 1, 2005Closed access

Institutions and Ethnic Politics in Africa

University of California, Los Angeles

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Abstract

1. Introduction: institutions and ethnic politics Part I. Accounting for the Ethnic Cleavage Structure: 2. Accounting for Zambia's ethnic cleavage structure I: the emergence of tribal identities in colonial Northern Rhodesia 3. Accounting for Zambia's ethnic cleavage structure II: the emergence of language identities in colonial Northern Rhodesia Part II. Accounting for Ethnic Coalition-Building Choices: 4. Ethnicity and ethnic politics in post-independence Zambia 5. Explaining changing patterns of ethnic politics Part III. Testing the Model: 6. Competing explanations 7. Ethnic campaigning: testing the observable implications of the model for elite behavior 8. Ethnic voting: testing the observable implications…

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Keywords
  • Ethnic group
  • Politics
  • Political science
  • Development economics
  • Political economy
  • Sociology
  • Economics
  • Law
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Reduced inequalities
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