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INEQUALITY, ETHNICITY AND THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION IN AFRICA: A KENYAN PERSPECTIVE
Author(s) -
Githongo John
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
economic affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1468-0270
pISSN - 0265-0665
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0270.2006.00664.x
Subject(s) - ethnic group , inequality , kenya , politics , power (physics) , language change , perspective (graphical) , development economics , political economy , political science , democracy , sociology , economics , law , mathematical analysis , physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence , computer science , art , literature
Perceptions of inequality among different ethnic groups have the power to shape the fortunes of nations by affecting the political and economic choices of both ruling elites and their voters. In ethnically heterogeneous African states with a tradition of political patronage economic inequality is manifested along ethnic and regional lines. This paper argues for a constitutional dispensation that includes both the diffusion of executive power and systematic action in regard to structural economic inequalities that have assumed an ethnic expression.