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Diversity and discord: Ethnicity, horizontal inequalities and conflict in Ghana and Nigeria

✍ Scribed by Arnim Langer; Abdul Raufu Mustapha; Frances Stewart

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2009
Tongue
English
Weight
57 KB
Volume
21
Category
Article
ISSN
0954-1748

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

This introduction provides an overview of the special issue. The papers in this issue contribute to our understanding of the contrasting histories of Ghana and Nigeria. The papers confirm the importance of horizontal inequalities as a source of political instability and violent conflict, and show that they are particularly likely to lead to conflict where political and socio‐economic exclusion run in the same direction or are consistant. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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