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Ethnic Inequalities and Public Sector Governance

Author(s): Yusuf Bangura
Contributor(s): N. Kasatkina, V. Beresneviciute, O. D. Selolwane, J. Fraenkel, R. R. Premdas, A. Pabriks, K. Deschouwer, A. R. Mustapha, K. B. Teik, F. Bieber, W. Linder, I. Steffen, E. Gyimah-Boadi, R. Asante, K. Kanyinga, N. G. Jayal, R. Anere, J. E. Nyang'oro
Programme Area: Governance (2000 - 2009)
Project Title: Ethnic Structure, Inequality and Governance of the Public Sector
No. of Pages: 368

The contributors discuss the links between ethnicity, inequality and governance. Their findings suggest that it is not the existence of diversity per se, but types of diversity that explain potentials for conflict or cohesion in multiethnic societies. Relative equality has been achieved in the public sectors of countries that are highly fragmented or those with ethnicity-sensitive policies, but not in those with ethnicity-blind policies. The book is critical of approaches to conflict management that underplay background conditions in shaping choices.

Contents
Introduction: Ethnic Inequalities and Public Sector Governance; Y.Bangura
PART I: UNIPOLAR ETHNIC STRUCTURES
Ethnicity, Inequality and Public Sector Governance in Lithuania; N.Kasatkina & V.Beresneviciute
Botswana: Ethnic Structure and Public Sector Governance; O.Selolwane
PART II: BIPOLAR ETHNIC STRUCTURES
Regulating Bipolar Divisions: Ethnic Structure, Public Sector Inequality and Electoral Engineering in Fiji; J.Fraenkel
Ethnic Conflict, Inequality and Public Sector Governance in Trinidad and Tobago; R.R.Premdas
In Defiance of Fate: Ethnic Inequality and Governance in Latvia: A.Pabriks
Ethnic Structure, Inequality and Governance of the Public Sector in Belgium; K.Deschouwer
PART III: TRIPOLAR ETHNIC STRUCTURES
Ethnic Structure, Inequality and Governance of the Public Sector in Nigeria; A.R.Mustapha
Ethnic Structure, Inequalities and Public Sector Governance in Malaysia; B.T.Khoo
Bosnia-Herzegovina: Ethnicity, Inequality and Public Sector Governance; F.Bieber
Ethnic Structure, Inequality and Governance in the Public Sector in Switzerland; W.Linder & I.Steffen
PART IV: MULTIPOLAR ETHNIC STRUCTURES
Ethnic Structure, Inequality and Public Sector Governance in Ghana; E.Gyimah-Boadi & R.Asante
Ethnicity, Inequality and Public Sector Governance in Kenya; K.Kanyinga
Ethnicity, Representation and the Governance of Public Institutions in India; N.G.Jayal
Ethnicity, Inequality and Governance of the Public Sector in Papua New Guinea; R.Anere
Ethnic Structure, Inequality and Governance of the Public Sector in Tanzania; J.E.Nyang'oro

Publication and ordering details
Pub. Date: 1 May 2006
Pub. Place: Basingstoke
ISBN: 13: 978-1-4039-8646-7
Type: Hardback
From: Palgrave