Institutions and Ethnic Politics in Africa (Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions)
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| Management number | 233573967 | Release Date | 2026/06/27 | List Price | $11.02 | Model Number | 233573967 | ||
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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. Read more
| ISBN10 | 0521541794 |
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| ISBN13 | 978-0521541794 |
| Edition | First Edition |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Dimensions | 6 x 0.9 x 9 inches |
| Item Weight | 1.06 pounds |
| Print length | 360 pages |
| Part of series | Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions |
| Publication date | June 6, 2005 |
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