Brian Shoup

Conflict and Cooperation in Multi-Ethnic States

Institutional Incentives, Myths and Counter-Balancing

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Interethnic competition in plural societies is often characterized by a 'counterbalance' of political and economic strength between different groups. This book develops a model that explains how and why interethnic bargains between rival groups can erode given different institutional configurations.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 472g
• ISBN-13: 9780415433914
• ISBN-10: 0415433916
• Artikelnr.: 23593468

Autorenporträt

Brian Shoup

Inhaltsangabe

1. Ethnic Identity, Economic Power, and Conflict 2. Ethnic Mythologies and
Formal Institutions 3. A Theory of Conflict and Cooperation in
Counterbalanced States 4. Fiji: "A Nationalist Iceberg" in the Pacific 5.
Of Ballots and Tall-Grass: Malaysia's Quasi-Democracy and Ethnic Relations
6. South Africa: A Rainbow Nation in Zimbabwe's Shadow 7. Conclusion