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Ethnic diversity and economic instability in Africa : interdisciplinary perspectives
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- Creator
- Hiroyuki Hino ... [and others]
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012
- Physical Details
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- xvii, 335 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781107025998, 9781139198998, 9781107443006, 1139531158, 1107025990, 9781139531153
- OCLC
- ocn790272302
- "This book is a product of a research project entitled 'Ethnic diversity and economic instability in Africa: policies for harmonious development', which was organised and funded jointly by the Japan International Cooperation Agency Research Institute (JICA-RI) and Kobe University Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration (RIEB)."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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