The Ethnicity Distraction ? Political Credibility And Partisan Preferences In Africa
2010; Linguagem: Inglês
10.1596/1813-9450-5236
ISSN1813-9450
Autores Tópico(s)International Development and Aid
ResumoNo AccessPolicy Research Working Papers22 Jun 2013The Ethnicity Distraction ? Political Credibility And Partisan Preferences In AfricaAuthors/Editors: Philip KeeferPhilip Keeferhttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-5236SectionsAboutPDF (0.7 MB) ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareFacebookTwitterLinked In Abstract:Much of the research on ethnicity, development and conflict implicitly assumes that ethnic groups act collectively in pursuit of their interests. Collective political action is typically facilitated by political parties able to make credible commitments to pursue group interests. Other work, however, emphasizes the lack of political credibility as a source of adverse development outcomes. Evidence presented here uses partisan preferences across 16 Sub-Saharan African countries to distinguish these positions. The evidence is inconsistent with the credibility of party commitments to pursue collective ethnic interests: ethnic clustering of political support is less widespread than expected; members of clustered ethnic groups exhibit high rates of partisan disinterest and are only slightly more likely to express a partisan preference; and partisan preferences are more affected by factors, such as gift-giving, often associated with low political credibility. These findings emphasize the importance of looking beyond ethnicity in analyses of economic development. Previous bookNext book FiguresreferencesRecommendeddetailsCited byA comparison of the governance landscape of earthquake risk reduction in Nepal and the Indian State of BiharInternational Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, Vol.15Information and Ethnic Politics in AfricaBritish Journal of Political Science, Vol.43, No.217 September 2012Exploiting the Poor: Bureaucratic Corruption and Poverty in AfricaSSRN Electronic JournalYou're Fired!: Identifying Electoral Accountability in a Competitive Authoritarian RegimeSSRN Electronic JournalInequality, Collective Action, and DemocratizationPS: Political Science & Politics, Vol.42, No.425 September 2009 View Published: March 2010 Copyright & Permissions Related RegionsAfricaRelated TopicsEducationGovernanceHealth Nutrition and PopulationSocial Development KeywordsCANDIDATESCONSTITUENCIESCONSTITUENCYDECISION MAKINGDEMOCRACIESDEMOCRACYDEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENTDEMOCRATIC PROCESSDEMOCRATIC REGIMESELECTIONELECTIONSELECTORATEPOLICY ISSUESPOLITICAL CAMPAIGNSPOLITICAL PARTIESPOLITICAL PARTYPOLITICAL SYSTEMSPUBLIC GOODPUBLIC INTERESTPUBLIC SERVICES PDF DownloadLoading ...
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