Ethnic Diversity, Liberty and the State

The African Dilemma

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The late Mwangi S. Kimenyi, formerly Professor of Economics, University of Connecticut, US and Senior Research Associate, African Research Centre for Public Policy and Market Process

Ethnic Diversity, Liberty and the State is an insightful study of highly centralized, unitary systems of government and the breakdown of civil society in sub-Saharan Africa. The author argues persuasively that institutional reform involving decentralization and federalism can better accommodate ethnic diversity in the area.