Studies have found that politically deprived groups are more likely to rebel. However, does rebellion increase the likelihood of achieving political rights? This article proposes that rebellion helps ethnic groups to overcome deprivation. I illustrate this by using a "typical" case (the Ijaw's...

Locating ¡®social justice¡¯ and ¡®social consciousness¡¯ as new buzzwords in dominant economic development paradigms, this paper explores the contradictions between discourse and economic structure in recent social policy programs implemented through World Bank involvement in Latin...