The Ethnicity Distraction? Political Credibility and Partisan Preferences in Africa

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dc.creatorKeefer, Philip
dc.date2012-03-19T18:38:38Z
dc.date2012-03-19T18:38:38Z
dc.date2010-03-01
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T01:10:35Z
dc.descriptionMuch of the research on ethnicity, development and conflict implicitly assumes that ethnic groups act collectively in pursuit of their interests. Collective political action is typically facilitated by political parties able to make credible commitments to pursue group interests. Other work, however, emphasizes the lack of political credibility as a source of adverse development outcomes. Evidence presented here uses partisan preferences across 16 Sub-Saharan African countries to distinguish these positions. The evidence is inconsistent with the credibility of party commitments to pursue collective ethnic interests: ethnic clustering of political support is less widespread than expected; members of clustered ethnic groups exhibit high rates of partisan disinterest and are only slightly more likely to express a partisan preference; and partisan preferences are more affected by factors, such as gift-giving, often associated with low political credibility. These findings emphasize the importance of looking beyond ethnicity in analyses of economic development.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/3722
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-5236
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/415835
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relationPolicy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5236
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectAGGRESSION
dc.subjectATTENTION
dc.subjectAUTHORITY
dc.subjectCANDIDATES
dc.subjectCITIZEN
dc.subjectCITIZENS
dc.subjectCIVIL WAR
dc.subjectCOERCION
dc.subjectCONFLICT
dc.subjectCONFLICT RESOLUTION
dc.subjectCONSTITUENCIES
dc.subjectCONSTITUENCY
dc.subjectDECISION MAKING
dc.subjectDEMOCRACIES
dc.subjectDEMOCRACY
dc.subjectDEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectDEMOCRATIC PROCESS
dc.subjectDEMOCRATIC REGIMES
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
dc.subjectELECTION
dc.subjectELECTIONS
dc.subjectELECTORATE
dc.subjectETHNIC FACTORS
dc.subjectETHNIC FRAGMENTATION
dc.subjectETHNIC GROUP
dc.subjectETHNIC GROUPS
dc.subjectETHNIC HETEROGENEITY
dc.subjectETHNIC IDENTITY
dc.subjectETHNICITY
dc.subjectFAMILIES
dc.subjectGENDER
dc.subjectGROUP LEADERS
dc.subjectGROUP MEMBERS
dc.subjectIDEAS
dc.subjectINDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS
dc.subjectINFANT
dc.subjectINFANT MORTALITY
dc.subjectJOB CREATION
dc.subjectLEADERSHIP
dc.subjectLEVEL OF EDUCATION
dc.subjectLOCAL COMMUNITIES
dc.subjectNEED FOR RESEARCH
dc.subjectPERSONAL COMMUNICATION
dc.subjectPOLICY ISSUES
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
dc.subjectPOLITICAL ACTION
dc.subjectPOLITICAL CAMPAIGNS
dc.subjectPOLITICAL DECISION
dc.subjectPOLITICAL PARTIES
dc.subjectPOLITICAL PARTY
dc.subjectPOLITICAL SUPPORT
dc.subjectPOLITICAL SYSTEMS
dc.subjectPRIMARY SCHOOL
dc.subjectPROGRESS
dc.subjectPUBLIC GOOD
dc.subjectPUBLIC INTEREST
dc.subjectPUBLIC SERVICES
dc.subjectRADIO
dc.subjectRELIGIOUS GROUPS
dc.subjectRESPECT
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectSELF-RELIANCE
dc.subjectSOCIAL GROUP
dc.subjectTELEVISION
dc.subjectTRIBE
dc.subjectUNIONS
dc.subjectWARS
dc.subjectWORKING CLASS
dc.titleThe Ethnicity Distraction? Political Credibility and Partisan Preferences in Africa

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