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Social Structure, Economic Exclusion, and Fragility? Pertinent Theories and Empirics from Africa

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  • Mulugeta Woldegiorgis, Mesfin

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The current paper is keen to elucidating the nexus of social structure, economic exclusion, and wealth inequality as the instigating causes of political instability in the milieu of Africa. The paper uses eclectic notions including economic, sociological, and governance ideas. The panel dataset for the years 1990–2018 is amassed for 34 African countries, principally from the World Development Indicators, African Development Bank, and Fund for Peace databases. The country-specific fixed effects regression has been run using STATA software. The statistical finding suggests that hierarchical social structures cause economic exclusion and trigger conflict. Conversely, adapting an inclusive development approach is bearable remedy for the national social, economic, and political fragility of the countries. The foremost merit of the paper is that it encompasses the notion of structural and economic exclusion in the theories of peace and development.

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  • Mulugeta Woldegiorgis, Mesfin, 2021. "Social Structure, Economic Exclusion, and Fragility? Pertinent Theories and Empirics from Africa," MPRA Paper 115567, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 17 Aug 2022.
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    Social inclusion Social interaction models Conflicts Social justice Social economics;

    JEL classification:

    • I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
    • I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
    • P3 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions

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