Island microstates and political contention: an exploratory analysis of Cape Verde and Comoros

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Title:	Island microstates and political contention: an exploratory analysis of Cape Verde and Comoros
Author:	Rich, Timothy S.
Year:	2008
Periodical:	African and Asian Studies
Volume:	7
Issue:	2-3
Pages:	217-233
Language:	English
Geographic terms:	Cape Verde Comoros
Subjects:	islands protest political systems economic conditions
External link:	https://doi.org/10.1163/156921008X318745
Abstract:	Micro-States, and especially island micro-States, are routinely absent in cross-national studies of political contention, despite several structural conditions that seem to make anti-State action more likely in these countries. Through a structured comparative analysis of two African island micro-States, Cape Verde and Comoros, this paper uncovers correlations between structural and institutional conditions and levels of political contention. While several structural factors may make contention more probable in island micro-States, the analysis suggests that four variables, international aid, representative institutions, emigration opportunities, and political stability, are correlated with levels of contention. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract]