SUBJECTIVE REALITIES: PERCEPTIONS OF IDENTITY AND CONFLICT IN GHANA AND NIGERIA

被引：4

作者：

Langer, Arnim ^{[1
]}

Ukiwo, Ukoha ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Oxford, ODID, Ctr Res Inequal Human Secur & Ethn, Oxford OX1 3TB, England

[2] CASS, Port Harcourt, Nigeria

来源：

JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT | 2009年 / 21卷 / 04期

关键词：

Ghana; Nigeria; ethnic and religious identities; survey research; interethnic and religious attitudes; interethnic and religious interaction; perceptions of identity;

D O I：

10.1002/jid.1570

中图分类号：

F0 [经济学]; F1 [世界各国经济概况、经济史、经济地理]; C [社会科学总论];

学科分类号：

0201 ; 020105 ; 03 ; 0303 ;

摘要：

Drawing on perceptions survey research conducted in Ghana and Nigeria, this article explores whether differences in the salience of ethnic and religious identities and interethnic and religious attitudes and interaction, might contribute to explaining the different histories of violence and conflict in these two countries. Based on the finding that ethnic identities are more salient in the Nigerian sampled communities than in the Ghanaian ones, whereas national and occupational identities arc more salient in Ghana than in Nigeria, the authors suggest that ethnic mobilisation is more likely to be successful in Nigeria than in Ghana. The authors argue that this finding could possibly explain why Nigeria has experienced more incidents of violent conflicts along ethnic lines than Ghana; although the causality is likely to go both ways. Copyright (C) 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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页码：483 / 494

页数：12