Conceptualizing and Measuring Ethnic Politics: An Institutional Complement to Demographic, Behavioral, and Cognitive Approaches

Studies in Comparative International Development

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 255-286

  Lieberman, Evan S ^a   Singh, Prerna ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Concepts; Ethnicity; Identity; Institutions; State

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ETHNOPOLITICS; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; RACIAL IDENTITY; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 84864093833     PISSN: 00393606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12116-012-9100-0     Document Type: Article

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