Inequality and Political Cleavage in Africa - Regionalism By Design

"Offers a powerful reinterpretation of the drivers of African politics. Focusing on political effects of spatial inequality, Boone shows that uneven development produces regional divisions that animate electoral competition and policy struggles in many countries. Evidence from electoral geography and country cases brings the argument to life"--

List of contents

1. Economic inequalities and territorial oppositions in African politics; 2. Region and regionalism in African politics; 3. Endowment, institutions, and spatial inequality: regions by design; 4. Regional blocs and bloc voting in national elections; 5. Regional hierarchies and winning coalitions; 6. Territorial oppositions in African politics; 7. Regionalism and the national agenda; Conclusion: inequality and political cleavage in African politics; Appendices.

About the author

Catherine Boone is Professor of Comparative Politics at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Her works include Property and Political Order: Land Rights and the Structure of Conflict in Africa (2014); Political Topographies of the African State (2003), and Merchant Capital and the Roots of State Power in Senegal (1993).

Summary

Offers a powerful reinterpretation of the drivers of African politics. Focusing on political effects of spatial inequality, Boone shows that uneven development produces regional divisions that animate electoral competition and policy struggles in many countries. Evidence from electoral geography and country cases brings the argument to life.

Product details

• Authors: Catherine Boone, Catherine (London School of Economics and P Boone, Boone Catherine
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.04.2024
• EAN: 9781009441636
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0944163-6
• No. of pages: 350
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Africa, Regional Studies, Political Economy, Comparative Politics, Regional / International studies, African History