Beschreibung:
"Offers a powerful reinterpretation of the drivers of African politics. Focusing on political effects of spatial inequality, Boone shows that uneven development produces regional divisions that animate electoral competition and policy struggles in many countries. Evidence from electoral geography and country cases brings the argument to life"--
1. Economic inequalities and territorial oppositions in African politics; 2. Region and regionalism in African politics; 3. Endowment, institutions, and spatial inequality: regions by design; 4. Regional blocs and bloc voting in national elections; 5. Regional hierarchies and winning coalitions; 6. Territorial oppositions in African politics; 7. Regionalism and the national agenda; Conclusion: inequality and political cleavage in African politics; Appendices.