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Diversity and discord: Ethnicity, horizontal inequalities and conflict in Ghana and Nigeria
Author(s) -
Langer Arnim,
Mustapha Abdul Raufu,
Stewart Frances
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of international development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.533
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1099-1328
pISSN - 0954-1748
DOI - 10.1002/jid.1578
Subject(s) - political instability , inequality , politics , diversity (politics) , ethnic group , ethnic conflict , development economics , sociology , economic inequality , political science , political economy , demographic economics , economics , law , mathematics , mathematical analysis
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.