l'Afrique

États-Unis d'Amérique

Associate Professor

Columbia University, New York, New York

kk2432@columbia.edu

Department of Political Science
Columbia University
704 International Affairs
420 West 118th Street, MC 3320
New York, New York 10027 USA

phone: 212-854-6508
fax: 212-854-5670

Kenya

Kimuli Kasara received her Ph.D. from Stanford in 2006.

My current research is on how economic and demographic change affect politicians' responses to ethnic and economic heterogeneity historically worldwide as well as in post-independence Africa.

Published Work:

2017 “Unfinished Business: The Democratization of Electoral Practices in Britain and Germany'' (with Isabela Mares). Comparative Political Studies 50(5), 636-664.

2017 “Does Local Ethnic Segregation Lead to Violence?: Evidence from Kenya.'' Quarterly Journal of Political Science 11(4), 441-470.

2015 “When do the Rich Vote Less than the Poor and Why? Explaining Turnout Inequality across the World'' (with Pavithra Suryanarayan). American Journal of Political Science 59(3), 613-672.

2013 "Separate and Suspicious: Local Social and Political Context and Ethnic Tolerance in Kenya.'' Journal of Politics 75(4), 921-936.

2007 "Tax Me If You Can: Ethnic Geography, Democracy, and the Taxation of Agriculture in Africa." American Political Science Review 101 (1).

2007 With James Fearon and David Laitin.
"Ethnic Minority Rule and Civil War Onset." American Political Science Review 101 (1).

Unpublished working papers:

“Electoral Geography and Conflict: Examining Redistricting through Violence in Kenya'' (Under Review)

“Colonial Legacies and Ethnic Mobilization in Rwanda and Burundi in the 1950s'' (Under Review)

“Bureaucratic Capacity and Class Voting: Evidence from Across the World and the United States'' (with Pavithra Suryanarayan)

“Ethnic Beachheads and Vote Buying: The Creation of New Administrative Districts in Kenya, 1992-2001''

“Selecting an Imperial President: Opposition Coalitions and the Kenyan Presidency, 1991-2002''

ethnic politics ; political economy ; colonialism ; violence ; political parties ; East Africa.