Inequality and Political Cleavage in Africa: Regionalism by Design

Professor Boone will talk about her book titled, Inequality and Political Cleavage in Africa: Regionalism by Design and how it integrates African countries into broader comparative theories of how spatial inequality shapes political competition over the construction of markets, states, and nations. Existing literature on African countries has found economic cleavages, institutions, and policy choices to be of low salience in national politics. This book inverts these arguments.