Publication
Sep 2012
This paper attempts to answer the following question: If ethnic conflicts often result from a struggle over access to the state and its material wealth, do formalized power sharing arrangements decrease the risk of conflict in resource-rich countries? After performing a data-intensive analysis of West African nations, the paper concludes 1) that ethnic power sharing significantly decreases the risk of internal conflict, and 2) it mediates the conflict-fueling effect of resource production. However, for ethnically-based power sharing schemes to be effective, the paper concludes, they need to include all relevant ethnic groups within a country.
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Author | Manuel Vogt |
Series | swisspeace Working Papers |
Issue | 3 |
Publisher | swisspeace |
Copyright | © 2012 swisspeace |