Award Date
5-2014
Degree Type
Honors Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Political Science
Advisor 1
Michelle Kuenzi
Advisor 2
John Tuman
Advisor 3
Andrew Hanson
Abstract
This thesis is focused on multiethnic coalitions in Africa. Specifically, it seeks to identify the causal mechanisms at play in the formation of multiethnic coalitions and whether or not they succeed or fall apart. It also seeks to identify whether multiethnic coalition success or failure is related to the emergence or lack thereof, of violence. Case studies and process tracing are the primary methods of analysis, using Kenya and Senegal as cases under the most similar systems design. There is an examination of the actors involved in the formation of multiethnic coalitions in both nations, why the opposition coalitions fell apart in both Kenya and Senegal as well as the relationship between coalition failure and violence. Through this examination, causal hypotheses have been developed that can be tested by other scholars, thus hopefully leading to more advancements in the field of research on multiethnic coalition formation and success.
Keywords
Ethnic conflict; Ethnic violence; Federal government; Kenya; Most similar systems design; Multiethnic coalitions; Race relations; Senegal
Disciplines
International Relations | Political Science | Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies
Language
English
Repository Citation
Cunningham, Emily, "Examining the Success and Failure of Multiethnic Coalition Governments in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Cases of Kenya and Senegal" (2014). Honors College Theses. 13.
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/honors_theses/13
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