Preventing Violent Conflict in Africa

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

Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, The New School, USAMari Katayanagi, JICA Research Institute, JapanMwangi S. Kimenyi,The Brookings Institution, USAArnim Langer, University of Leuven, BelgiumSatoru Mikami, JICA Research Institute, JapanYoichi Mine, Doshisha University, JapanThandika Mkandawire, London School of Economics and Political Science, UKJulius E. Nyang'oro, University of North Carolina, USAYuichi Sasaoka, Meiji University, JapanFrances Stewart, University of Oxford, UKShinichi Takeuchi, Institute of Developing Economies, JapanUkoha Ukiwo, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria