Diversity Deficit and Scale-Flip

Abstract

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Ethnicity is not public service destiny: The political logic of service distribution in South Africa

“…While this approach forces researchers to contend with the idea that demographic differences can lead to undesirable policy consequences, a growing set of studies challenges the theoretical and methodological foundations of the diversity deficit enterprise. Some studies point to the sensitivity of the approach's cross-country research designs (Bharathi et al 2020;Gao 2016;Gerring et al 2015;Gisselquist et al 2016;Lee 2018), 3 while others find little or no relationship between diversity and public goods at the national level, instead detecting a positive relationship within countries (Bharathi et al 2020;Gao 2016;Gerring et al 2015;Gibson and Hoffman 2013;Gisselquist et al 2016;Lee 2018). One reason for this could be that most governments have decentralized some public service provision to local governments and in most settings combinations of provincial, district, and local governments co-finance public services (Bharathi et al 2020;Lee et al 2016).…”

“…Some studies point to the sensitivity of the approach's cross-country research designs (Bharathi et al 2020;Gao 2016;Gerring et al 2015;Gisselquist et al 2016;Lee 2018), 3 while others find little or no relationship between diversity and public goods at the national level, instead detecting a positive relationship within countries (Bharathi et al 2020;Gao 2016;Gerring et al 2015;Gibson and Hoffman 2013;Gisselquist et al 2016;Lee 2018). One reason for this could be that most governments have decentralized some public service provision to local governments and in most settings combinations of provincial, district, and local governments co-finance public services (Bharathi et al 2020;Lee et al 2016). Some recent empirical work doubts the basic assumptions of the diversity deficit: co-ethnics may not be more pro-social with each other than non-co-ethnics (e.g.…”

Ethnicity is not public service destiny: The political logic of service distribution in South Africa

“…While this approach forces researchers to contend with the idea that demographic differences can lead to undesirable policy consequences, a growing set of studies challenges the theoretical and methodological foundations of the diversity deficit enterprise. Some studies point to the sensitivity of the approach's cross-country research designs (Bharathi et al 2020;Gao 2016;Gerring et al 2015;Gisselquist et al 2016;Lee 2018), 3 while others find little or no relationship between diversity and public goods at the national level, instead detecting a positive relationship within countries (Bharathi et al 2020;Gao 2016;Gerring et al 2015;Gibson and Hoffman 2013;Gisselquist et al 2016;Lee 2018). One reason for this could be that most governments have decentralized some public service provision to local governments and in most settings combinations of provincial, district, and local governments co-finance public services (Bharathi et al 2020;Lee et al 2016).…”