Screen LibraryHorizontal 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. Polici...
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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. 'This interdisciplinary volume provides a fresh look at a perennial problem: the role of economic inequality in producing intergroup conflict. Its wealth of insights from its distinguished authors will stimulate academic and policy debate for years to come.' - Donald L. Horowitz, James B. Duke Professor of Law and Political Science, Duke University, USA 'Innovative and insightful, this is a timely book now that both the disequalising forces of globalisation and internecine conflicts over resources have heightened ethnic and racial conflicts in many countries. This is not only an excellent ac |
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Ebook. Originally published in: 2008. |
| Carrier Form: | 392 p. : 38 figures, 56. |
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9780230516809 9780230582729 : 0230582729 : |
| CLC: | D523.8 |
| Contents: | PART ONE: 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 TWO: 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 Indonesia |