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cultural fractionalization: a standalone construct

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Comparative politics

a diversity index that weights ethnic fractionalization by the structural distance between groups' languages.

In comparative politics, cultural fractionalization refers to a diversity index that weights ethnic fractionalization by the structural distance between groups' languages. This meaning comes from Fearon (2003) in Journal of Economic Growth.[1]

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diversity3 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs ethnic fractionalization1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct growth4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs

References

Fearon, J. D. (2003). Ethnic and Cultural Diversity by Country. Journal of Economic Growth, 8(2), 195-222. https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1024419522867

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