Colonial-era education can explain regional political inequality in Africa

Ricart-Huguet, Joan (2021) Colonial-era education can explain regional political inequality in Africa. Africa at LSE (16 Apr 2021). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

Research shows that political elites tend to favour their home region when distributing resources. But what explains how political power is distributed across a country’s regions to begin with? Joan Ricart-Huguet draws on recent research to show that colonial-era education underpins the distribution of political power in post-colonial Africa.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/
Additional Information:	© 2021 The Author
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform J Political Science > JQ Political institutions Asia, Africa, Australia, Pacific D History General and Old World > DT Africa
Date Deposited:	28 May 2021 10:57
Last Modified:	11 Sep 2025 13:17
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/110544

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