John F. Mccauley

The Logic of Ethnic and Religious Conflict in Africa

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explains why conflicts in Africa are sometimes ethnic and sometimes religious, even when the opponents remained unchanged.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 254
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juni 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 568g
• ISBN-13: 9781107175013
• ISBN-10: 1107175011
• Artikelnr.: 48249993

Autorenporträt

John F. McCauley is an Assistant Professor of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland, College Park. His research focuses on ethnic and religious conflict, economic development, and informal political institutions in Africa. He has published articles on these topics in the American Political Science Review, Comparative Political Studies, Political Psychology, and Political Science Research and Methods, among others. His research has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the John Templeton Foundation, and the Bradley Foundation. He has conducted field research in Burkina Faso, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Madagascar, Niger, and Nigeria.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: 1. Introduction
2. A theory of mobilization differences in identity types
3. Evidence from Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana
4. Observable implications
Part II: 5. Theory of political choice
6. Ethnic and religious identity in Côte d'Ivoire's conflict
7. Ethnicity and religion in Sudan's civil wars
8. Ethnicity and religion in Nigeria's Biafran war
9. Conclusion
Appendices
Bibliography
Index.