Horizontal Inequalities and Conflict Understanding Group Violence in Multiethnic Societies

Violent conflict in multiethnic societies in the developing world is a pre-eminent problem of the twenty-first century. Drawing on original quantitative and qualitative research, this book shows that horizontal inequalities among religious or ethnic groups, in political, social, economic or cultural dimensions, are an important catalyst of such conflicts. The contributors identify policies to reduce horizontal inequalities and argue that such policies should now be routinely incorporated into the development agenda. #xA0; Now available in paperback, and with a Foreword by Kofi Annan,#xA0;this book provides a major contribution to current debates on the prevention of conflict and#xA0;will interest all those concerned with policy in multiethnic societies.

FRANCES STEWART is Professor of Development Economics and Director of the Centre for Research on Inequality, Human Security and Ethnicity, Oxford University, UK. A pre-eminent development economist, she was named one of fifty outstanding technological leaders for 2003 by Scientific American. Her other publications include War and Underdevelopment and Defining Poverty in Developing Countries.