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0521833981 - Institutions and Ethnic Politics in Africa - by Daniel N. Posner
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Abernethy, David, 60

Achen, Christopher, 223

Administration of Natives Proclamation (1916), 28,n:30

African National Congress (ANC), 107,109,112,166,182,229,234–238,268

   ethnic appeals by, 183–184

Agbese, Pita Ogaba, 278

Agenda for Zambia (AZ), 156,239–240

Alila, Patrick, 265

Andhra Pradesh, 142

Apthorpe, Raymond, 23

Ashbaugh, Leslie, 86

Azarya, Victor, 163,165

Banton, Michael, 9

Bantu Botatwe Ngoma Yamaanu, 214–216

Barkan, Joel, 198,258,260,267

Barotseland Agreement of 1964, 186,189,190–191,197–198

Barrows, Walter, 258

Barth, Fredrik, 11

Bates, Robert, 2,3,4,11,31,34,40,49,50,85,97,98,108,122,123,124,138,145,157,164

Bayart, Jean-Francois, 23,24

Baylies, Carolyn, 87,157,174,195,196,197,200

Bemba

   centralized traditional organization of, 28

   multi-dimensionality of, 119–128

   Paramount Chief Chitimukulu, 122,180

   perceived domination of, xi–xii, 97,98–101,119,121,125,156

Berger, Elena, 42,44,49,75,83

Bettison, David, 77

Botswana, 257

boundaries of political arena

   effect on identity choices, 139–143,252,274–278

Brass, Paul, 5,11,138,287

Bratton, Michael, 98,111,154,168,177,189,304

Brelsford, W. V., 37,54,293

British South Africa Company (BSA Co.), 26–31,41

Bromwich, E. C., 68

Burawoy, Michael, 87

Burundi, 257

by-elections, 229–232

   in Kenya, 262

Cameroon, 257

Campbell, John, 260

candidates

   as bearers of both individual identities and party labels, 113–114,202,244–246,253,254

   choices about where to run, 198–212

   data on tribal affiliations of, 308–309

   entry, 201,206,209,211

   investments in ethnic associations, 212–216

   playing ethnic card, 2,106–107,114,115,148–149,165,180–181,251

card game as metaphor for identity choice, 3,7,21,288

Carey Jones, N. S., 33

Carey, John, 144,228

Cartwright, John, 258

Caselli, Francesco, 4

Central African Republic, 257

Central Province, 166,214

Chabal, Patrick, 109

Chandra, Kanchan, 4,12,15

Chanock, Martin, 35

Chanshi, Peter, 100

Chazan, Naomi, 163,165,171

chiefs, 212–213

   as protectors of migrants’ property, 50–51

   as tax collectors in colonial era, 27–30

Chikulo, Bornwell, 87,154,175,176,184,195,197

Chililabombwe, 167

Chiluba, Fredrick, 54,113,121,n:122,124,128,157,177,188,n:248

   perceptions of ethnic favoritism by, 96–99

Chimba, Justin, 121,192,215

Chingola, 167

   by-election in (1995), 232

Chipangali constituency, 201

Chipango, William, 96,112,194

Chipungu, Samuel, 31,33,35–36

Chitala, Derrick, 109

Chona, Mainza, 166,175,200,203,228

Christian missions in Northern Rhodesia

   and African education, 61–62,76

   and consolidation of language use, 60–64,79

Chwe, Michael, 6

class cleavages, 131,284

   lack of salience in Zambia, 22,86–88

Cliffe, Lionel, 258

Cohen, Abner, 11,138,287

Collier, Paul, 14

colonial educational system

   and consolidation of language use, 64–68,79

   growth in enrollment, 65–68

colonial rule

   effect on post-colonial identities, 23,26–55,80–83

   effect on structure of post-colonial ethnic cleavages, 23,52–53,56–80,83–88

   taxation as impetus for migration under, 41–42,75

   taxation under, 26–30,49

Colson, Elizabeth, 28,34,57,82,101,163,214,216

competing explanations, 161–176

   economic performance, 163–165

   endogeneity, 165–168

   modernization, 162–163

Copperbelt, 42–52,69,81,97,111,119,181,214

   Bemba as lingua franca in, 71,72–75

   ethnic segregation in, 46,47

   mine closures in early 1930s, 42–43

   violence in, 167,183

Crehan, Kate, 31

Dahl, Robert, 14

Daloz, Jean-Pascal, 109

Davis, Merle, 44,47,49,60

decolonization

   effects on identities, 142–143,n:275

Democratic Party of Kenya (DP), 267

Diamond, Larry, 310

Doke, C. M., 61,79

Doucette, Joseph Melvin, 120

Douglas, Stephen, 276–277

Downs, Anthony, 153

Dresang, Dennis, 97,102,185

Dunbar, John, 188

Eastern Province, 99,100,108,110,118,156,166,182,186,213

ecological inference problem, 223–227,248

Ekeh, Peter, 23

electoral rules, 150,257

   effects on scope of effective political arena, 144–145

Epstein, A. L., 11,45,48,50,69,119,163

Ethiopia, 257

ethnic associations

   investment by politicians in, 212–216

ethnic cleavage structure, 21–22

   definition of, 17,283

   endogeneity of, 286–288

   in Zambia, 18

ethnic cleavages, 15–17

   endogeneity of, 286–288

   nested, 135

   salience of, 1–2,136

   territoriality of, 151–152

ethnic favoritism

   by president, 96–101,109–110

   in cabinet appointments, 97,125–128

   conflicting perceptions of, 97–98,125–128

   expectations of, 3,90,94,95–104,109,251,253,254,256,260,267

   implications of expectation of, 104–106,113

   in loan applications, 95

   in private job market, 95

   in public sector, 96–97,100,101–102

ethnic group

   size as criterion for identity choice, 4,12,13,17,139,194,252

ethnic identities

   depth of feeling, 12–14

   instrumental use of, 6,11–15,24–25,82–83,104–128,138,252

   investment in new, 284–286

   primordialist view of, 15

   situational salience of, 5,11,275,294–297

ethnic identity matrix, 132–136,255,278–286

   assumptions, 132–133,150,279,280

   and boundaries of political arena, 139–141

   for Moldova, 279

   for Nigeria, 280

   for nineteenth-century Ireland, 285

   predictons about identity entrepreneurship, 284–286

   strategies of x, y, and z, 133–135,282–286

   usefulness of false predictions, 281–282

   for Yorubaland, 281

   for Zambia as a whole, 146–147

   for Zambian electoral constituencies, 147–148

ethnic multi-dimensionality, xii, 1–2,89,256

   in Kenya, 260–262

   in Los Angeles, 16,137–139

   in Miami, 2

   in Nigeria, 1

   political implications of, 4,114–128,252

   in Sri Lanka, 4

   in Zambia, 7,115–119

ethnic politics

   applying ethnic labels to others, 106–107,112–113,115

   as coalition building, 3–5,12,106–113,252

   ethnic campaigning, 179–198

ethnic voting, 251

   in Zambia, 217–249

Fearon, James, 4,10,287

federalism, 257,276–278

Ferguson, James, 50,52,85–86

Ferree, Karen, 27,153

Firmin-Sellers, Kathryn, 34

Fisher, Humphrey, 259

focus groups, 54,305–307

   identifying codes for, 306

   map drawing exercise in, 108,307

Forum for the Restoration of Democracy-Asili (FORD-Asili), 267

Forum for the Restoration of Democracy-Kenya (FORD-Kenya), 267

franchise

   extension of in India, 275

   extension of in Ireland, 285

   extension of in Zaire, 275

Franklin, Harry, 31,36,68

Freedom House, 169

Gadsden, Fay, 65,79

Gambia, 257

Gann, L. H., 26,27,28,41

Geist, Judy, 271

gender identities, 84,86,151–152

Gertzel, Cherry, 87,108,111,130,175,183,193,196,197,258,262,263

Ghana, 257

Gluckman, Max, 50

Gonzalez, Elian, 277

Gourevitch, Philip, xi

Greig, Jack, 65

Gulliver, P. H., 23,60

Hachipuka, Emmanuel, 191

Hailey, Lord, 32,35,46,55,57

Hall, Peter, 7

Hall, Richard, 62,68,118

Hansen, Holger Bernt, 257

Hardin, Russell, 4,163

Harries-Jones, Peter, 75,80

Harrington, William, 210

Hatembo, Munang’angu, 215

Haugerud, Angelique, 260

Hay, Hope, 68

Hayward, Fred, 258

Hechter, Michael, 4

Hellen, John, 42,44,78,80

Henkel, Reinhard, 60,63

Hirschman, Charles, 310

Hobsbawm, Eric, 11

Hornsby, Charles, 258,264,266–267,268,269

Horowitz, Donald, xi, 5,11,13,24,141,142,229,275,287,310

Hyden, Goran, 258,259,260,264

identity repertoire, 7,11

   boundedness of, 6–7,22–23,83–84

   change within, 14–15

   definition of, 17

Imbula, Mwitumwa, 111,189

India, 1

   effects of partition on identities, 142

   extension of franchise in, 275

   Hindu-Muslim riots in, xi, 1,283

Indirect Rule, 30

institutional change

   effects on cleavage salience, 5

   in Zambia, 18

Ireland

   extension of franchise in, 285

Israel, 1

Jackson, Robert, 109

Jega, Attahiru, 163

Johnston, Harry, 27,61

Joint Publications Bureau of Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland, 65

Kabanje, Sipula, 213

Kabika, Felix, 174,175,176

Kabwe

   Bemba as lingua franca in, 71,72–75

Kaggia, Bildad, 263–264,272

Kalabo by-election (1995), 194

Kalyvas, Stathis, 287

Kandeh, Jimmy, 258–259

Kapur, Devesh, 19

Kapwepwe, Simon, 98,111–112,125,167,182,183,190,192–193

Kasama, 204

Kasfir, Nelson, 11,23,257,287

Kashoki, Mubanga, 54,55,65

Kasonde, Emmanuel, 113,121,187–188,192,231–232,263

Katzenstein, Mary, 5

Kaunda, Kenneth, 124,127,128,166,167,168,177,178,181,182,186,187,190

   perceptions of ethnic favoritism by, 100

Kavindele, Enoch, 232

Kay, George, 49

Kenya, 198,258,260

   1992 general election in, 266–273

   1997 general election in, 267–269

   Central Nyanza, 263

   ethnic violence in, 269

   Gatundu South constituency, 272

   Gem constituency, 265–266,268

   Kandara constituency, 263

   Kisumu Rural constituency, 265,268

   Laipika West constituency, 268

   little general election (1966) in, 262–264

   multi-party elections in, 262–264,266–273

   nesting of national-scale and local identities in, 261

   one-party elections in, 264–266,271–273

   press freedom in, 170

Kenya African National Union (KANU), 262–263,267–269

Kenya Human Rights Commission, 269

Kenya People’s Union (KPU), 262–263,268

Kenyatta, Jomo, 262–263,267

Kenyatta, Uruhu, 272

Key, V. O., 145

Kibaki, Mwai, 267

King, Gary, 223–224

King, Rodney, 297

Kitwe, 208

Knodel, John, 307

Koff, David, 262

Kolsto, Pal, 279

Koroma, Sorie, 259

Kuran, Timur, 94

labor migration

   in colonial Northern Rhodesia, 41–42

   and consolidation of language use, 69,78,80

   to the Copperbelt and Kabwe, 72–75

   effects on rural areas, 43–44

   to Livingstone, 76

   to Lusaka, 76–77

Laitin, David, 9,10,23,60,61,138,179,281–282,287

language use

   consolidation of during colonial era, 57–69

   distribution of in pre-colonial era, 57

   map of, 71

   in urban areas, 63,69

Leakey, Richard, 268

Lemarchand, Rene, 23

Lesotho, 257

Lewanika, Akashambatwa Mbikusita, 189

Lewanika, Inonge Mbikusita, 109,189

Leys, Colin, 258,260,264

Lightfoot-Boston, Henry, 259

Lincoln, Abraham, 276–277

Linz, Juan, 276

Lipset, Seymour Martin, 286

Livingstone, 157,166,214

   Lozi as lingua franca in, 72,76

Lozi

   centralized traditional organization of, 28,36

   paramount chief (Litunga), 28,109,157,180,186,189

Luapula Province, 97,119,120,121,122–125,128,157,166,193

Luchembe, Chipasha, 46,74

Luke, David Fashole, 258

Lunda

   centralized traditional organization of, 28

Lungu, Gatian, 170

Lusaka

   Nyanja as lingua franca in, 71,76–77

Luyanga, Leonard, 174,198

Macmillan, Hugh, 52

Maimisa, Hudson, 166

majimboism, 284

Malawi, 257

   press freedom in, 170

Malole by-election (1993), 113,187–188,192,193,231–232

Mamdani, Mahmood, 23

Masongo, Cosmas, 175

Matiba, Kenneth, 267

Mauritius, 256

Mazabuka by-election (1999), 247–248

Mazoka, Anderson, 191,248

Mbabala by-election (2000), 191

Mboya, Tom, 263

McCulloch, Merran, 76

Meebelo, Henry, 28

Melberg, Olav, 279

Mendelberg, Tali, 138

minimum winning coalition, 4,13,134,138,252,253,266

Mitchell, J. Clyde, 11,47,52,81,121,163

Miyanda, Godfrey, 99

Mkushi, 213–214

Moerman, Michael, 11

Moi, Daniel arap, 267,269

Moldova, 279–280,283,284

Molteno, Robert, 87,98,108,111,112,154,182,183,184,185,186,228

Momba, Jotham, 87

Morgenthau, Ruth, 258

Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD), 100,108,113,156,157,177–178,186,214,230–232,238–239,247–248,269

   ethnic appeals by, 190,191,193–194

Mpundu, Leonard, 120,167

Mufulira, 166

   by-election in (1971), 192–193,269

Mulemba, Humphrey, 109,239

Mulford, David, 182

multi-party elections

   language appeals during, 8,130,148–149,184–192,253

   language voting during, 228–241

   non-linguistic appeals during, 192

   tribal voting during, 253

Mundia, Nalumino, 182

Mung’omba, Dean, 109

Musokotwane, Kebby, 110

Musukwa, Joseph, 188

Mutende, 68

Muyovwe, Aaron, 214

Muzumi, James, 215

Muzyamba, S. C. M., 215

Mwaanga, Vernon, 99

Mwanakatwe, John, 123–124,157,193

Mwila, Unia, 121,210,215

Mwinilunga, 166

Mytton, Graham, 68,79

Nagata, Judith, 11

Nang’omba, Griffiths, 247–248

National Lima Party, 85,239

National Party (NP), 109,110–111,113,121,156,157,187,193,230–232,239–240

   ethnic appeals by, 187–189

Native Authorities, 31–40,53,289–293

   control over allocation of land, 34,50

   Native Courts, 34–36

   Native Treasuries, 32–34

   test of effects on ethnic identity formation, 36–40

Native Urban Courts, 45–46,47

Ndola, 181

Ng’ethe, Njuguna, 258,267

Ngoni

   centralized traditional organization of, 28

Nigeria, 1,257,280–283

   Agila Development Association, 277–278

   conflict in, 1

   Yorubaland, 281–282

Nkombo, Gary, 247–248

Nkoya

   conflict with Lozi, 118,157

Nkumbula, Baldwin, 109

Nkumbula, Harry Mwaanga, 109,182,184,190,221

North, Douglass, 2

Northern Province, 81,97,111,113,119,120,121,124–125,166,187,231

Northern Rhodesia

   copper industry in, 42–48

Northern Rhodesian Native Labour Association (NRNLA), 74

Northwestern Province, 108,166,196,230

   as an identity category, 118–119

   language use in, 78–80

Nyundu, Foxy Hudson, 178

Odinga, Oginga, 262–263,267

Odinga, Raila, 267

Okema, Michael, 260

Okumu, John, 265

Ollawa, Patrick, 88,100

Olzak, Susan, 163

one-party elections

   nature of campaigns in, 173–176,199–200

   tribal appeals during, 9,130,149–150,195–198,253

   tribal voting during, 218–227,253

one-party vs. multi-party systems

   control of campaigns in, 173–176

   differences between types, 143–144,168–176

   effects on cleavage salience, 145–146,148–150,155

   effects on scope of effective political arena, 144–146

   incumbent turnover in, 171–172

   political freedoms in, 169–171

Ottaway, Maria, 24

Oyugi, Walter, 268

Papstein, Robert, 46

Parpart, Jane, 87

patronage, 89,95–104

   greater salience than policy in developing countries, 105,154

Patterson, Orlando, 11

perfect information, 152–158

Perrings, Charles, 73

Petersen, Roger, 13,279

Phelps-Stokes Commission, 65

Phiri, Reuben Motolo, 175,176

political institutions

   as coordinating devices, 5–6

   definition of, 2

   determine boundaries of political arena, 5,143,252,275–278

   effect on identity choices, 3–6,131,252

   effect on repertoire of identities, 3,6–7,22–23,25,26–52

political parties

   attempt to portray themselves as pan-ethnic, 107,110–112,114,182,183,191

   effect of party labels on candidates, 113–114,144,228

   perceived in ethnic terms, 107,153,233,253,262–264

   playing ethnic card, 110–113,114,182,183,191,268

Posen, Barry, 157

Posner, Daniel, 154,189,294

Prins, Gwyn, 29,57

Prunier, Gérard, xi

Putnam, Robert, 160

radio broadcasting and consolidation of language use, 68–69,79

Ragsdale, John, 62

Ranger, Terence, 23

redistricting, 139,274

Reilly, Benjamin, 5,287

Reynolds, Andrew, 5,257

Rhodesia, 170

Richards, Audrey, 73

Riker, William, 276

Roberts, Andrew, 28,42

Robinson, William, 223

Rokkan, Stein, 286

Roosevelt, Franklin D., 145

Rosberg, Carl, 109

Rotberg, Robert, 28,31,41,61,n:63

Sacks, Harvey, 15,17

Sambanis, Nicholas, 287

saucepan special, 68

Scarritt, James, 87

Schelling, Thomas, 72

Scott, Ian, 154,182,183,185,186,228

secession, 283,284

Seers Report of 1964, 51

Senanga, 181

Seychelles, 257

Shivley, W. Phillips, 223

Shugart, Matthew, 144,228

Sichone, Owen, 189

Sierra Leone, 257,258–259

   All People’s Congress, 259

Simutanyi, Neo, 189

Simwinji, Morgan, 186,229

Sklar, Richard, 86,87

Snelson, Peter, 60,62,65

Soko, Hosea, 99,155,174

Sondashi, Ludwig, 232

South Africa, 1,256

Southern Province, 99,101,118,166,182,184,188,191,196–197,214,230

Southern Province Tonga Traditional Association, 215

Spearpoint, C. F., 42,46,47,49

Spilerman, Seymour, 14

Spitulnik, Debra, 69,79

Stepan, Alfred, 276

Stevens, Siaka, 259

strategic voting, 155–156

Sudan, 256

Switzerland, 1

Szeftel, Morris, 87,102,108,111,112,122,124,157,174,184,195–196,200

Tajfel, Henri, 24

Tambiah, Stanley, 29

Tanzania, 256,258,259–260

   2000 elections in Zanzibar, 258

Taylor, Rosemary, 7

Thomson, J. Moffatt, 27,36,54

Throup, David, 258,264,266–267,268,269

Tilly, Charles, 287

Tonga, 28

   lack of urban migration during colonial era, 77–78

Tordoff, William, 183

traditional ceremonies, 212–213

Treisman, Daniel, 164

Tribal Elders, 45,47,48

tribe

   definition of, 1

   as term is used in everyday conversation, 115

Twaddle, Michael, 257

Twishibane Mbabanibani, 213–214

Uganda, 257

United National Independence Party (UNIP), 108,109,112,122,156,166,181,186,200,203,229,232,238–239,269

   ethnic appeals by, 190,192–193,194

United Party (UP), 107,112,167,182,235

   ethnic appeals by, 183,185–186

United Party for National Development (UPND), 247–248,268

   ethnic appeals by, 191–192,213–214

United Progressive Party (UPP), 108,111,112,167,183,192–193

   ethnic appeals by, 183

urban/rural cleavages

   lack of salience in Zambia, 22,84–86

Vail, Leroy, 23,25,50

van Binsbergen, Wim, 118

van Cranenburgh, Oda, 258

van den Berghe, Pierre, 104

van Velsen, Jap, 51

Varshney, Ashutosh, xi, 13,287

Wamalwa, Kijana, 267

Waters, Mary, 14

Weiner, Myron, 5

Werbner, Richard, 23

Western Province, 103,110–111,118,156,181,182,185,187,188–189,193,196,230,235

Widner, Jennifer, 261

Wilkinson, Steven, xi, 9,269,275,283,285–286,287

Wilson, Godfrey, 45,51

Wina, Sikota, 121

Witwatersrand Native Labour Association (WENELA), 76,182–183

Woodward, Susan, 163

Wright, Lawrence, 310

Young, Crawford, 11,23,24,61,80,86,109,256,275,276

Zaire, 257

   extension of franchise in, 275

   press freedom in, 170

Zambia

   1968 general election in, 130,154,172,184,186,196,202,203–204,219,229,234–238

   1969 referendum in, 184

   1973 general election in, 130,154,172,174,195–197,202,208,221,229

   1978 general election in, 172,174,195,197,202

   1983 general election in, 154,172,174,175,197,202

   1988 general election in, 172,174,175,197,202,203

   1990 census in, 19,38–39,58,62,70,92,310–311

   1991 general election in, 172,177–178,186,203,208,209,219,230,238

   1993 by-elections in, 187–189,230–232

   1996 general election in, 172,189,190–191,202,203,204,238–240

   declaration of one-party state in, 166

   delimitation of constituencies in, 206,208,311

   economic decline in, 163,164–165,177

   ethnic cleavage structure in, 18

   institutional change in, 18

   intermarriage in, 92,152,309

   myth of 73 tribes in, 54–55

   nesting of tribal and linguistic identities in, 116–117,180

Zambia Democratic Congress (ZDC), 108,239

Zambia Political Attitudes Questionnaire (1995), 40,93,96,103,170,294–305

   prompt dialogue technique, 297–301,307

   sampling protocol, 302–304

Zimbabwe, 256,257

   press freedom in, 170

Zulu, Grey, 204





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