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Author Posner, Daniel N.

Title Institutions and ethnic politics in Africa / Daniel N. Posner
Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005

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Description xv, 337 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Series Political economy of institutions and decisions
Political economy of institutions and decisions.
Contents 1. Introduction : institutions and ethnic politics -- 2. Accounting for Zambia's ethnic cleavage structure I : the emergence of tribal identities in colonial Northern Rhodesia -- 3. Accounting for Zambia's ethnic cleavage structure II : the emergence of language group identities in colonial Northern Rhodesia -- 4. Ethnicity and ethnic politics in Zambia -- 5. Explaining changing patterns of ethnic politics : a model of political institutions and ethnic cleavage outcomes -- 6. Competing explanations -- 7. Ethnic campaigning : testing the observable implications of the argument for elite behavior -- 8. Ethnic voting : testing the observable implications of the argument for mass behavior -- 9. Regime change and ethnic politics in Africa -- 10. Beyond regime change, beyond Africa -- App. A. Native authorities and tribal identifications -- App. B. Survey and focus group methodologies -- App. C. Tribal affiliations of parliamentary candidates
App. D. Tribal demographics of electoral constituencies
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-327) and index
Subject Politics, Practical -- Zambia.
SUBJECT Zambia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80089997 -- Ethnic relations -- Political aspects. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005648
Zambia -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85149610
LC no. 2004045197
ISBN 0521541794 (paperback)
0521833981 (hbk.)
9780521541794 (paperback)
9780521833981 (hbk.)