{"product_id":"ethnic-diversity-and-economic-instability-in-africa-interdisciplinary-perspectives-hardback-9781107025998","title":"Ethnic Diversity and Economic Instability in Africa; Interdisciplinary Perspectives (Hardback) 9781107025998","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eEthnic Diversity and Economic Instability in Africa\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eInterdisciplinary Perspectives\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA challenge to the conventional idea that ethnic diversity is an important cause of Africa's poor economic performance.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHiroyuki Hino (Edited by), John Lonsdale (Edited by), Gustav Ranis (Edited by), Frances Stewart (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107025998, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 19 July 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e352 pages, 25 b\/w illus.  1 map  15 tables\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.9 x 2.1 cm, 0.69 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThere 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of figures\u003cbr\u003e List of tables\u003cbr\u003e Foreword\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Notes on the contributors\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Findings of development economics and their limitations Gustav Ranis\u003cbr\u003e Part I. De-mystifying Ethnicity: 1. Ethnic patriotism and markets in African history John Lonsdale\u003cbr\u003e 2. The concept of ethnicity: strengths and limitations for quantitative analysis Graham Brown and Arnim Langer\u003cbr\u003e 3. Essence of ethnicity: an African perspective Bethwell Allan Ogot\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Does Ethnic Diversity Hinder Economic Development?: 4. State, ethnicity and economy in Africa Yash Pal Ghai\u003cbr\u003e 5. Ethnic politics, economic reform and democratisation in Africa Bruce J. Berman\u003cbr\u003e 6. Evidence from spatial correlation of poverty and income in Kenya Nobuaki Hamaguchi\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Relationships between Ethnicity and Stability: 7. Belonging, exclusion and ethnic competition Parker Shipton\u003cbr\u003e 8. Horizontal inequalities and market instability in Africa Graham Brown and Frances Stewart\u003cbr\u003e 9. Impact of ethnicities on market outcome: results of market experiments in Kenya Ken-Ichi Shimomura and Takehiko Yamato\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: key findings of our interdisciplinary dialogue Hiroyuki Hino\u003cbr\u003e Author index\u003cbr\u003e Subject index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Development economics \u0026amp; emerging economies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Development economics \u0026amp; emerging economies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Development%20economics%20\u0026amp;%20emerging%20economies%20%5BKCM%5D%22\"\u003eKCM\u003c\/a\u003e], Economics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Economics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Economics%20%5BKC%5D%22\"\u003eKC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265510560024,"sku":"9781107025998","price":88.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107025998i.jpg?v=1692023638","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/ethnic-diversity-and-economic-instability-in-africa-interdisciplinary-perspectives-hardback-9781107025998","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}