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Inequality and Political Cleavage in Africa explores the origins and consequences of regional inequality in African states, arguing that disparities are often the result of deliberate political design rather than natural geographic or economic factors. Catherine Boone provides a comprehensive analysis of how African governments have strategically used political institutions, resource distribution, and administrative structures to create and maintain regional inequalities.
Drawing on extensive empirical research across multiple African countries, the book demonstrates how regional cleavages become embedded in political systems and shape patterns of political competition, state capacity, and economic development. Boone examines the mechanisms through which elites consolidate power by favoring certain regions while marginalizing others, and how these patterns persist over time.
This work is essential reading for scholars of African politics, comparative political economy, and development studies, offering critical insights into how territorial politics and regionalism structure political outcomes and shape the trajectories of African nations.
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