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Institutions and Ethnic Politics in Africa

Posner, Daniel N.·2005·Cambridge University Press eBooks
DOI 10.1017/cbo9780511808661
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This book presents a theory to account for why and when politics revolves around one axis of social cleavage instead of another. It does so by examining the case of Zambia, where people identify themselves either as members of one of the country's seventy-three tribes or as members of one of its four principal language groups. The book accounts for the conditions under which Zambian political competition revolves around tribal differences and under which it revolves around language group differences. Drawing on a simple model of identity choice, it shows that the answer depends on whether the country operates under single-party or multi-party rule. During periods of single-party rule, tribal identities serve as the axis of electoral mobilization and self-identification; during periods of multi-party rule, broader language group identities play this role. The book thus demonstrates how formal institutional rules determine the kinds of social cleavages that matter in politics.

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Authors
Posner, D. N.
Affiliations
University of California, Los Angeles (US)
Corresponding author
Posner, Daniel N.
ORCID
Posner, Daniel N.
Venue
Cambridge University Press eBooks
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Published
2005-06-06
DOI
10.1017/cbo9780511808661
OpenAlex
W4211113828
Cited by
1,113
References
204
Citations by year
2026: 25 · 2025: 50 · 2024: 93 · 2023: 36 · 2022: 58 · 2021: 81 · 2020: 98 · 2019: 143 · 2018: 131 · 2017: 49 · 2016: 62 · 2015: 47 · 2014: 43 · 2013: 42 · 2012: 28
FWCI
21.66
Type
book
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.cambridge.org/core/terms (unspecified, 2556 d)
Locations
Cambridge University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › African Studies and Ethnography
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Political Conflict and Governance
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Electoral Systems and Political Participation
Keywords
ethnic politics, social cleavages, tribal identity, language groups, identity choice, one-party rule, voter mobilization, political institutions, Zambia, ethnic voting

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