Horizontal Inequalities and Conflict: Understanding Group Violence in Multiethnic Societies (Conflict, Inequality and Ethnicity)

This book explores the role of horizontal inequalities - inequalities that exist between ethnic, religious or racial groups - as a source of violent conflict. This study shows how political, economic and cultural status inequalities have contributed to conflict, drawing on econometric evidence and in-depth studies of West Africa, Latin America and Southeast Asia. It points the way to policies which would reverse inequality and thus reduce the risk of conflict. Drawing On Quantitative And Qualitative Research, This Book Shows That Horizontal Inequalities Among Religous Or Ethnic Groups, In Political, Social, Economic Or Cultural Dimensions, Are An Important Catalyst Of Violent Conflict In Multiethnic Societies.--jacket. Horizontal Inequalities And Conflict: An Introduction And Some Hypotheses / Frances Stewart -- Who Should Be Included? Noncitizens, Conflict And The Constitution Of The Citizenry / Matthew J. Gibney -- Cultural Status Inequalities: An Important Dimension Of Group Mobilization / Arnim Langer And Graham K. Brown -- Horizontal Inequalities: Explaining Persistence And Change / Frances Stewart And Arnim Langer -- Approaches To The Measurement Of Horizontal Inequalities / Luca Mancini, Frances Stewart, And Graham K. Brown -- Horizontal Inequality And Communal Violence: Evidence From Indonesian Districts / Luca Mancini -- Inequalities, The Political Environment And Civil Conflict: Evidence From 55 Developing Countries / Gudrun Østby -- When Do Horizontal Inequalities Lead To Conflict? Lessons From A Comparative Study Of Ghana And Côte D'ivoire / Arnim Langer -- Horizontal Inequalities And Ethnic Violence: Evidence From Calabar And Warri, Nigeria / Ukoha Ukiwo -- Ethnicity, Religion And The State In Ghana And Nigeria: Perceptions From The Street / Arnim Langer And Ukoha Ukiwo -- Inequality, Ethnicity And Political Violence In Latin America: The Cases Of Bolivia, Guatemala And Peru / Corinne Caumartin, George Gray Molina And Rosemary Thorp -- Horizontal Inequalities And Separatism In Southeast Asia: A Comparative Perspective / Graham K. Brown -- Major Findings And Conclusions On The Relationship Between Horizontal Inequalities And Conflict / Frances Stewart, Graham K. Brown, And Arnim Langer -- Policies Towards Horizontal Inequalities / Frances Stewart, Graham K. Brown, And Arnim Langer. Edited By Frances Stewart ; Foreword By Kofi Annan. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 326-349) And Indexes. Front Matter....Pages i-xxi Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Horizontal Inequalities and Conflict: An Introduction and some Hypotheses....Pages 3-24 Who Should be Included? Noncitizens, Conflict and the Constitution of the Citizenry....Pages 25-40 Cultural Status Inequalities: An Important Dimension of Group Mobilization....Pages 41-53 Horizontal Inequalities: Explaining Persistence and Change....Pages 54-82 Front Matter....Pages 83-83 Approaches to the Measurement of Horizontal Inequalities....Pages 85-105 Horizontal Inequality and Communal Violence: Evidence from Indonesian Districts....Pages 106-135 Inequalities, the Political Environment and Civil Conflict: Evidence from 55 Developing Countries....Pages 136-159 Front Matter....Pages 161-161 When do Horizontal Inequalities Lead to Conflict? Lessons from a Comparative Study of Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire....Pages 163-189 Horizontal Inequalities and Ethnic Violence: Evidence from Calabar and Warri, Nigeria....Pages 190-204 Ethnicity, Religion and the State in Ghana and Nigeria: Perceptions from the Street....Pages 205-226 Inequality, Ethnicity and Political Violence in Latin America: The Cases of Bolivia, Guatemala and Peru....Pages 227-251 Horizontal Inequalities and Separatism in Southeast Asia: A Comparative Perspective....Pages 252-281 Front Matter....Pages 283-283 Major Findings and Conclusions on the Relationship Between Horizontal Inequalities and Conflict....Pages 285-300 Policies towards Horizontal Inequalities....Pages 301-325 Back Matter....Pages 326-364 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. Violent conflict in multiethnic societies in the developing world is a pre-eminent problem of the twenty-first century. Drawing on original quantitative and qualitative research, this book shows that horizontal inequalities among religious or ethnic groups, in political, social, economic or cultural dimensions, are an important catalyst of such conflicts. The contributors identify policies to reduce horizontal inequalities and argue that such policies should now be routinely incorporated into the development agenda. Providing a major contribution to current debates on the prevention of conflict, this book will interest all those concerned with policy in multiethnic societies "Drawing on quantitative and qualitative research, this book shows that horizontal inequalities among religious or ethnic groups, in political, social, economic or cultural dimensions, are an important catalyst of violent conflict in multiethnic societies."--Jacket