Ethnic Politics, Risk, and Policy-Making

A Cross-National Statistical Analysis of Government Responses to HIV/Aids

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6245121
AutoresEvan S Lieberman (Princeton University, New Jersey), Eva Lieberman (0000-0001-9242-5687, Princeton University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2007
Volumen40
Número12
Páginas1407-1432
Fecha de publicación2007-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaComparative Political Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0010-4140 • E-ISSN: 1552-3829
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0010414007306862
OpenAlexW2129961800
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas33
Referencias citadas37

What explains country policy responses to the AIDS pandemic? The author highlights ethnic politics as a negative influence on AIDS-related expenditures and other policies. When societies are ethnically divided and fragmented, elites are less likely to mobilize around the idea of risk from a stigmatized condition, fearing that their group will suffer reputational consequences. They are more likely to emphasize that the risks are contained within other groups, or that the threat is exaggerated. In turn, governments are less likely to provide policies because of lower demand and the potential for political resistance to actions viewed as unwelcome and/or unnecessary. A series of cross-national statistical analyses consistently reveal negative effects of ethnic fractionalization on AIDS policy. As compared with analogous analyses, it is possible to rule out the potential endogeneity concern that ethnic political competition might be a consequence as much as it was a cause of bad public policy and underdevelopment

Competition (biology · Demographic economics · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Endogeneity · Ethnic group · Fractionalization · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public policy · Underdevelopment · International Development and Aid · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Religion, Society, and Development