Horizontal inequalities and conflict: understanding group violence in multiethnic societies
Éditeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN :
9780230245501
Date de publication :
24 avr. 2008
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Drawing on econometric evidence and in-depth studies of West Africa, Latin America and Southeast Asia, this book explores how horizontal inequalities - ethnic, religious or racial - are a source of violent conflict and how political, economic and cultural status inequalities have contributed. Policies to reverse inequality would reduce these risks.