Multi-ethnic coalitions in Africa
Subtitle: business financing of opposition election campaigns
By: Leonardo R. Arriola
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9781107021112; 9781107605435
Subjects: Politics and government; Campaign funds; Opposition (Political science); Political aspects; Electoral coalitions; Ethnic relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The puzzle of opposition coordination; title: A theory of pecuniary coalition formation; title: The emergence of financial reprisal regimes; title: The political control of banking; title: The liberalization of capital; title: The political alignment of business; title: Opposition bargaining across ethnic cleavages; title: Multiethnic opposition coalitions in African elections; title: Democratic consolidation in Africa; title: Appendix A: Commercial banking sector size and opposition coalitions in Africa; title: Appendix B: Sources on commodity exports and ethnic production by country; title: Appendix C: Variables: definitions, sources, and summary statistics; title: Appendix D: Multiethnic opposition coalitions in Africa, 1990-2005.