Coethnicity
Subtitle: diversity and the dilemmas of collective action
By: James Habyarimana ... [et al.].
Contributors: Habyarimana, James P.
Series: Russell Sage Foundation series on trust
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
ISBN-13: 9780871544209
Subjects: Multiculturalism; Ethnicity; Collective behavior; Social action; Cooperation
Description: "Ethnically homogeneous communities often do a better job than diverse communities of producing public goods such as satisfactory schools and health care, adequate sanitation, and low levels of crime. Coethnicity reports the results of a landmark study that aimed to find out why diversity has this cooperation-undermining effect. The study, conducted in a neighborhood of Kampala. Uganda, notable for both its high levels of diversity and low levels of public goods provision, hones in on the mechanisms that might account for the difficulties diverse societies often face in trying to act collectively."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Diversity and collective action; title: Public goods provision in Kampala; title: Ethnicity and ethnic identifiability; title: Testing the mechanisms; title: A closer look at reciprocity; title: Beyond the lab; title: Conclusion.