Multi-Ethnic Coalitions Africa Professor Leonardo R. … 9781107605435 Cond=LN:NSD

Multi-Ethnic Coalitions in AfricaBusiness Financing of Opposition Election Campaigns\nAuthor(s): Leonardo R. Arriola\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781107605435, 978-1107605435\nSynopsis\nWhy are politicians able to form electoral coalitions that bridge ethnic divisions in some countries and not others? This book answers this question by presenting a theory of pecuniary coalition building in multi-ethnic countries governed through patronage. Focusing on sub-Saharan Africa, the book explains how the relative autonomy of business from state-controlled capital affects political bargaining among opposition politicians in particular. While incumbents form coalitions by using state resources to secure cross-ethnic endorsements, opposition politicians must rely on the private resources of business to do the same. This book combines cross-national analyses of African countries with in-depth case studie.