Conflict, Inequality and Ethnicity: Understanding Group Violence in Multiethnic Societies

Stewart, F.

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.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2008-04-24

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230516809

DOI: 10.1057/9780230582729

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 364