{"product_id":"conflict-and-cooperation-in-multi-ethnic-brian-shoup-9780415433914","title":"Conflict and Cooperation in Multi-Ethnic States: Institutional Incentives, Myths and Counter-Balancing","description":"\u003cp\u003eInterethnic competition in plural societies is often characterized by a 'counterbalance' of political and economic strength between different groups. In such cases, tensions emerge as politically dominant groups fear loss of hegemony to more economically aggressive groups. Likewise, economically successful groups require key public goods and a political atmosphere conducive to investment. These social relations are couched in terms of ethnic mythologies that stress the indigenous role of one group, and consequently its superior political status. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book develops a model that explains how and why interethnic bargains between rival groups can erode given different institutional configurations. It is hypothesized that interethnic conflict is more likely in countries where political institutions fail to insulate the political hegemony of traditionally dominant ethnic communities and redistributive programs fail to improve the economic position of ethnic majorities. In such cases, outbidding strategies by more extreme ethnic leaders are more successful and violence becomes more likely.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eConflict and Cooperation in Multi-Ethnic States\u003c\/em\u003e will be of interest to students of ethnic conflict, Asian politics and security studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brian Shoup\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415433916\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415433914\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.04lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.50d","brand":"Brian Shoup","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064919503103,"sku":"9780415433914","price":210.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_29f3c5c6-7f46-4172-8455-3cd39ee7bbdf.jpg?v=1768671920","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/conflict-and-cooperation-in-multi-ethnic-brian-shoup-9780415433914","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}