Horizontal inequalities and conflict: understanding group violence in multiethnic societies

Drawing on econometric evidence and in-depth studies of West Africa, Latin America and Southeast Asia, this book explores how horizontal inequalities - ethnic, religious or racial - are a source of violent conflict and how political,economic and cultural status inequalities have contributed. Policies to reverse inequality would reduce these risks. INDICE: Foreword by Kofi Annan - PART I: CONCEPTS AND ISSUES - Horizontal Inequalities and Conflict: An Introduction and Some Hypotheses; F.Stewart - Who Should be Included? Noncitizens, Conflict and the Constitution of the Citizenry; M.Gibney - Cultural Status Inequalities: An Important Dimension of Group Mobilization; A.Langer& G.K.Brown - Horizontal Inequalities: Explaining Persistence and Change; F.Stewart& A.Langer - PART II: MEASUREMENT AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS - Approaches to the Measurement of Horizontal Inequalities; L.Mancini,F.Stewart& G.K.Brown - Horizontal Inequality and Communal Violence: Evidence from Indonesian Districts; L.Mancini - Inequalities, the Political Environmentand Civil Conflict: Evidence from 55 Developing Countries; G.Østby - PART III: HIS AND CONFLICT IN THREE REGIONS - When Do Horizontal Inequalities Lead to Conflict? Lessons from a Comparative Study of Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire; A.Langer - Horizontal Inequalities and Ethnic Violence: Evidence from Calabar and Warri, Nigeria; U.Ukiwo - Ethnicity, Religion and the State in Ghana and Nigeria:Perceptions from the Street; A.Langer& U.Ukiwo - Inequality, Ethnicity and Political Violence in Latin America: The Cases of Bolivia, Guatemala and Peru; C.Caumartin, G.Gray Molina& R.Thorp - Horizontal Inequalities and Separatism inSoutheast Asia: A Comparative Perspective; G.K.Brown - PART IV: CONCLUSIONS AND POLICIES - Major Findings and Conclusions on the Relationship Between Horizontal Inequalities and Conflict; F.Stewart, G.K.Brown A.Langer - Policies towards Horizontal Inequalities; F.Stewart, G.K.Brown& A.Langer - Conclusions

• ISBN: 978-0-230-24550-1
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 392
• Fecha Publicación: 20/01/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés