Conflict and Cooperation in Multi-Ethnic States: Institutional Incentives, Myths and Counter-Balancing

by Brian Shoup

Book Overview

Interethnic competition in plural societies is often characterized by a 'counterbalance' of political and economic strength between different groups. In such cases, tensions emerge as politically dominant groups fear loss of hegemony to more economically aggressive groups. Likewise, economically successful groups require key public goods and a political atmosphere conducive to investment. These social relations are couched in terms of ethnic mythologies...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415433916
• ISBN13: 9780415433914
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"