Logic of Ethnic and Religious Conflict in Africa

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext This book explains why conflicts in Africa are sometimes ethnic and sometimes religious, even when the opponents remained unchanged. Zusammenfassung The book is aimed at students and scholars of conflict! Africa! ethnic politics! and religion. It may also appeal to religious and political leaders. It proposes a new perspective on how ethnicity and religion shape political outcomes and violence in Africa! adding psychological elements to standard political science arguments. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

Product details

• Authors: John F. Mccauley, John F. (University of Maryland Mccauley, McCauley John F.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.04.2017
• EAN: 9781316626801
• ISBN: 978-1-316-62680-1
• No. of pages: 248
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; RELIGION / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Politics & government, Comparative Politics, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Politics and government, Social and cultural anthropology, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Peace studies & conflict resolution, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Biracial & Multiracial Studies, Religious issues and debates, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies