Preventing Violent Conflict in Africa: Inequalities, Perceptions and Institutions

Foreword; Sadako Ogata 1. Introduction: Disentangling the Linkages between Horizontal Inequalities and Political Institutions; Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Arnim Langer and Yoichi Mine 2. Comparing Political Institutions: Institutional Choice and Conflict Prevention in Africa; Yoichi Mine, Mari Katayanagi and Satoru Mikami 3. 'Twin Countries' with Contrasting Institutions: Post-Conflict State-Building in Rwanda and Burundi; Shinichi Takeuchi 4. Horizontal Inequalities, Ethnic Politics, and Violent Conflict: The Contrasting Experiences of Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire; Arnim Langer 5. Beyond Ad hoc Power-Sharing: Comparing South Africa and Zimbabwe; Yoichi Mine 6. Is Ethnic Autonomy Compatible with a Unitary State? The Case of Uganda and Tanzania; Yuichi Sasaoka and Julius E. Nyang'oro 7. The Politics of Identity, Horizontal Inequalities, and Conflict in Kenya; Mwangi S. Kimenyi 8. Managing Horizontal Inequalities and Violent Conflicts in Nigeria; Ukoha Ukiwo 9. The Relationship between Objective and Subjective Horizontal Inequalities: Evidence from Five African Countries; Arnim Langer and Satoru Mikami 10. Findings and Implications: The Role of Development Cooperation; Frances Stewart, Thandika Mkandawire and Mari Katayanagi