Ethnic diversity and economic instability in Africa : interdisciplinary perspectives

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Label

Ethnic diversity and economic instability in Africa : interdisciplinary perspectives

Title remainder

interdisciplinary perspectives

Statement of responsibility

Hiroyuki Hino [and others]

Contributor

• Hino, Hiroyuki, 1945-

Subject

• Africa
• Africa -- Economic conditions -- 1960-
• Africa -- Ethnic relations | Economic aspects
• Cultural pluralism -- Economic aspects
• Cultural pluralism -- Economic aspects -- Africa
• Economic history
• Ethnic relations -- Economic aspects
• SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology | Cultural
• SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations
• SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies | General
• SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies
• Since 1960

Language

eng

Summary

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, anthropologists and political scientists as well as development economists, this book questions whether ethnicity is the most useful organising principle by which to examine the economic development of Africa, arguing that it is a more fluid and contingent concept than economic models allow. Instead, the authors explore the actual experience of ethnicity in Africa and propose new methods of measuring ethnic diversity and inequalities. Finally some tentative conclusions are reached regarding appropriate policy reforms

Cataloging source

N$T

Dewey number

305.80096

Index

index present

LC call number

HN780.Z9

LC item number

M8448 2012eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography