EPISODE · Dec 14, 2017 · 27 MIN
"Ethnicity, national identity and the state": Dr. Elliott Green
from ROCKING OUR PRIORS · host Dr Alice Evans
From the USA to Uganda, strong ethnic identities can fuel hostilities; deter contributions to public goods; thwart class-based solidarity; curb economic growth; fuel secessionist movements; and ferment civil war. So, how do people come to identify with the nation, rather than their ethnicity? Can power-sharing at national level change people's identities? If so, what might lead to more inclusive politics? Why might elites come to share power with different ethnicities? Dr. Elliott Green (Associate Professor at the LSE) discusses these questions. He draws on quantitative and qualitative analysis, from his British Journal of Political Science paper: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/84315/1/Ethnicity%2C%20national%20identity%20and%20the%20state_Final.pdf (ungated)
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From the USA to Uganda, strong ethnic identities can fuel hostilities; deter contributions to public goods; thwart class-based solidarity; curb economic growth; fuel secessionist movements; and ferment civil war. So, how do people come to identify with the nation, rather than their ethnicity? Can power-sharing at national level change people's identities? If so, what might lead to more inclusive politics? Why might elites come to share power with different ethnicities? Dr. Elliott Green (Associate Professor at the LSE) discusses these questions. He draws on quantitative and qualitative analysis, from his British Journal of Political Science paper: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/84315/1/Ethnicity%2C%20national%20identity%20and%20the%20state_Final.pdf (ungated)
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