First Politics, Then Culture
Accounting for Ethnic Differences in Demographic Behavior in Kenya
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4122667 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alexander A Weinreb, Alexander Weinreb (0000-0003-2441-4040, National Institute of Child Health, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 437-467 |
| Publication date | 2001-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Population and Development Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0098-7921 • E-ISSN: 1728-4457 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2001.00437.x |
| OpenAlex | W2087113080 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 19 |
| References cited | 50 |
Ethnic differences in demographic behavior tend to be disguised behind analytically opaque labels like "district" or "region," or else subjected to simplistic cultural explanations. Drawing on new political economy, sociological theory and the political science literature on sub-Saharan Africa, this article proposes an alternative explanatory model and tests it empirically with reference to Kenya. Access to political power and, through power, access to a state's resources-including resources devoted to clinics, schools, labor opportunities, and other determinants of demographic behavior-are advanced as the key factors underlying ethnic differences. District-level estimates of "political capital" are introduced and merged with two waves of Demographic and Health Survey data. The effects on models of contraceptive use are explored. Results confirm that measures of political capital explain residual ethnic differences in use, providing strong support for a political approach to the analysis of demographic behavior
Cultural capital · Demographic economics · Development economics · Economics · Ethnic group · Explanatory power · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Social science · Sociology · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Law · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Religion, Society, and Development
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| Unique citing works | 19 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,76 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2022 (22) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 17 |