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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] |