Coethnicity: Diversity and the Dilemmas of Collective Action

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229 Index Boldface numbers refer to figures and tables. Alesina, Alberto, 4, 12, 201n6 Axelrod, Robert, 15 Bahry, Donna, 17, 206n7 Baland, Jean-Marie, 4 Banerjee, Abhijit, 4–5 Baqir, Reza, 4, 12 Bardhan, Pranab, 4 Bates, Robert, 159, 202n9 Besley, Timothy, 12 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), 159 Bohnet, Iris, 17, 208n2 Bolton, Gary E., 73 Bordoni, Christopher, 5 Bowles, Samuel, 73, 201n6 Burns, Justine, 17 Carpenter, Jeffrey, 17 Casella, Alessandra, 12 Caselli, Francesco, 208n22 causal mechanisms: conclusions from the experimental games regarding, 103–4; experimental results regarding , status of (see experimental results , status of); factors other than coethnicity in the experimental games, potential impacts of, 102–3; lack of attention to, reasons for, 6; linking ethnicity to collective action success, 6–13, 7, 68–69, 153–54, 155; preferences (see preferences mechanisms ); strategy selection (see strategy selection mechanisms); technology (see technology mechanisms) Cederman, Lars-Erik, 163–64 Chandra, Kanchan, 161, 201n6, 207n12, 217n4 Charness, Gary, 207n12, 208n2 Coate, Stephen, 12 Coleman, John, 208n22 collective action: coethnic/in-group cooperation and reciprocity, 105; ethnic diversity and (see ethnic diversity and collective action); ethnic vs. universal norms supporting, 116–24; evidence of in Kawempe Division, 32; experimental approach applied to questions regarding (see experimental approach); experimental results regarding, status of (see experimental results, status of); explaining the failure of, 68–69; explaining the variation in ability to engage in, 2–3, 153; free-riding as undermining, 2, 8, 107; local councils as means for community-level (see local councils); in MulagoKyebando , 145–49 (see also MulagoKyebando ); preferences mechanisms and (see preferences mechanisms); Prisoner’s Dilemma as a problem of, 107–9 (see also Prisoner ’s Dilemma); sanctions and (see sanctions); strategy selection mech- collective action (cont.) anisms and (see strategy selection mechanisms); technology mechanisms and (see technology mechanisms ). See also public goods communities: applying the logic of Prisoner’s dilemma to collective action in, 107–9 (see also Prisoner’s Dilemma); collective action failures and successes in, explaining, 1–3, 173; contrasting images of in Uganda and the United States, 151–52; cooperation in ethnically homogeneous, puzzle of, 68–69, 105; ethnic diversity and, 36–38 (see also ethnic diversity and collective action); experimental results applied to real (see experimental results , status of) Cox, David, 203n20 Cummings, Ronald G., 17 Daniere, Amrita, 17 Dayton-Johnson, Jeffrey, 4 demography: benchmark, limitations of, 205–6n2; benchmark of MulagoKyebando , 41–43; benchmark of the study sample in Mulago-Kyebando, 43–46; benchmark of Uganda, 38–41; linguistic groups in Uganda, 39; regional identities, 62, 64, 65; sample and site in Mulago-Kyebando , 45; subjective and benchmark , distinction between, 37; subjective ethnic (see subjective ethnic demography) Deutsch, Karl, 202n12 Dictator game: assessing preferences mechanisms using, 75–78; assessing strategy selection mechanisms using, 97–101, 102; coethnic bias while playing, 142–43, 144; coethnicity , importance of being seen regarding , 189; coethnicity on average offers, effect of, 185, 188; cooperative behavior outside the lab and while playing, 140–42; reachability and cooperation in, 122–24, 192; 500-Ugandan-shilling version of (see Discrimination game); interpretation of by players, 136, 137; periodicity and cooperation in, 118–20, 191; types of players identified using, 73, 169, 209n8; understanding of by players, 135 Discrimination game (500-Ugandanshilling version of Dictator game): assessing preferences mechanisms using, 75–76, 78, 79; assessing strategy selection mechanisms using, 98–101; coethnic bias while playing, 142–43, 144; coethnicity, importance of being seen regarding, 189; coethnicity on the probability of discrimination in, effect of, 185, 188; discrimination rules followed in, 135; stacking the data from, 210n15; types of players identified using, 73–74, 210n18 “disease threat” model of intergroup attitudes, 202n11 Easterly, William, 4, 12 Eckel, Catherine C., 17, 208n2 Education-Guessing game, 90–92, 187 efficacy mechanism, 9, 86–89, 154 egoists/non-egoists: cooperation in Prisoner’s Dilemma of, 110–12, 114–15, 125–29, 192–93; distinction between, 18; identification/classification of, 73–74, 169–70, 209n8, 210n18–19; loss of anonymity, impact of, 119–20; reciprocity, significance of the distinction for, 168–69 ethnic diversity and collective action: causal mechanisms linking, 7 (see also causal mechanisms); coethnicity and cooperation in Prisoner’s Dilemma, 110–12 (see also Prisoner’s Dilemma); evidence regarding the relationship of, 3–5, 105, 152; experimental approach to explaining the relationship of (see experimental approach ); experimental results regarding (see experimental results, status of); explanations of the linkage between, 2–3, 153; in-group reciprocity and (see reciprocity); in 230 Index [3...