BA, University of Utrecht
PhD, Yale University
BA, University of Utrecht
PhD, Yale University
Comparative and African politics
Ethnic politics, clientelism, Sub-Saharan Africa, democratization
冈本视频 2012-present
University of Chicago, 2010-12
BOOKS:
National Identity in Africa: Peace, Democracy and Everyday National Narratives. Forthcoming. Oxford University Press.
Beyond Ethnic Politics in Africa. 2016. Cambridge University Press.
ARTICLES:
鈥淯nspoken Hierarchies: The Enduring Effects of Caste Discrimination in Africa鈥� (with Leonardo Arriola and Martha Wilfahrt). Forthcoming in Perspectives on Politics
鈥�Elite Collusion and Dismantling of Democracy in Benin,鈥� 2024. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 712: 211-222. Special Issue on Democratic Backsliding: How It Happens and How It Can Be Countered
鈥淎frica and Ethnic Politics鈥�, 2023. Nationalities Papers 51, 2: 245-257.
鈥淎ccidental Nation-building in Africa鈥�, 2021. Nations and Nationalism 27: 862-879.
"Presidents' Ethnic Identity and Citizens' National Attachment in Africa鈥�, 2019, Nationalism and Ethnic Politics 25, 2: 122-151.
鈥淐ostly Electoral Campaigns and the Changing Composition and Quality of Parliament: Evidence from Benin鈥�. 2017, African Affairs 116, 465: 573-596.
鈥淜ing-makers: Local Leaders and Ethnic Politics in Africa,鈥� 2013 World Politics 65, 2
Winner of the Gregory Luebbert Award for Best Article in Comparative Politics.
Winner of the African Political Conference Group 2013 Best Article Award.
鈥淯rban and Rural Voting Patterns in Senegal: The Spatial Aspects of Incumbency, c.1978-2012,鈥� 2013. The Journal of Modern African Studies 51, 4.