Lecturer in Development Studies
Department of International Development (ID)
Biography
Elliott Green originally joined ID in March 2001 as a PhD student and became a member of staff in January 2005. His PhD, which he completed in September 2005, examined state reconstruction and ethnic politics in central Uganda. He conducted field work in 2001 and 2002 and returned again in 2005 to conduct research for a joint USAID/UNICEF project on former abductees of the Lord's Resistance Army in Northern Uganda. He was previously Book Reviews Editor for the journal Nations and Nationalism| , where he remains as a member of the editorial board.
Before joining ID Elliott completed degrees at Princeton University (BA) and the European Institute at the LSE (MSc) and was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Vienna.
Research interests and area of supervision
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Ethnic Conflict and Ethnic Politics
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Political Demography
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Nationalism and National Identity
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Decentralisation, Local Government and Federalism
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History and Politics of (East) Africa, espcially Uganda
Selected recent publications
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
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2012 ‘On the Size and Shape of African States;’ International Studies Quarterly: forthcoming.
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2011 ‘Patronage as Institutional Choice: Evidence from Rwanda and Uganda;’ Comparative Politics 43, 4 (July): forthcoming.
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2011 'The Political Economy of Nation Formation in Modern Tanzania: Explaining Stability in the Face of Diversity;' Commonwealth and Comparative Politics 49, 2 (April): 223-244.
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2010 ‘Patronage, District Creation and Reform in Uganda;’ Studies in Comparative International Development 45, 1 (March): 83-103.
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2010 ‘Ethnicity and Nationhood in Pre-Colonial Africa: The Case of Buganda;’ Nationalism and Ethnic Politics 16, 1 (January): forthcoming.
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2008 ‘Decentralization and Conflict in Uganda;’ Conflict, Security and Development 8, 4 (December): 427-450.
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2008 ‘Understanding the Limits to Ethnic Change: Evidence from Uganda’s "Lost Counties";’ Perspectives on Politics 6, 3 (September): 473-485.
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2007 ‘Demography, Diversity and Conflict in Contemporary Africa: Evidence from Uganda;’ Nations and Nationalism 13, 4 (October): 717-736.
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2006 ‘Ethnicity and the Politics of Land Tenure Reform in Central Uganda;’ Commonwealth and Comparative Politics 44, 3 (November): 370-388.
Editor-Reviewed Publications (Book Chapters, Comments, Debates, etc.)
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2011 ‘Demographic Change and Conflict in Contemporary Africa’ in Political Demography: Identity, Conflict and Institutions, edited by Jack A. Goldstone, Eric Kaufman and Monica Duffy Toft (Boulder, CO: Paradigm Press), forthcoming.
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2009 ‘Debate on David Laitin’s Nations, States and Violence;’ Nations and Nationalism 15, 4 (October): 557-574 (with Michael Banton, Montserrat Guibernau and David Laitin).
Working Papers
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2011 'Endogenous Ethnicity;' Political Science and Political Economy Working Paper ~3/11, Department of Government, LSE.
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2011 'Explaining African Ethnic Diversity;' Department of International Development Working paper ~122-11, LSE.
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2010 ‘On the Size and Shape of African States;’ Political Science and Political Economy Working Paper #4/10, Department of Government, LSE.
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2010 ‘The Reversal of Fortune Thesis Reconsidered;’ EOPP Discussion Paper #16, STICERD, LSE (with Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay [Department of Economics, LSE]).
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2010 ‘The Political Demography of Conflict in Modern Africa;’ DESTIN Working Paper #111, LSE
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2008 ‘District Creation and Decentralization in Uganda;’ Crisis States Research Centre Working Paper #24, LSE
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2005 ‘Ethnicity and the Politics of Land Tenure Reform in Central Uganda;’ DESTIN Working Paper #58, LSE
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2005 ‘What is an Ethnic Group? Political Economy, Constructivism and the Common Language Approach to Ethnicity;’ DESTIN Working Paper #57. LSE
Languages
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German - fluent
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French - basic
Contact details
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Email: e.d.green@lse.ac.uk
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Tel: 020 7852 3632
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Fax: [44} (0)20 7955 6844
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Room: H807, Connaught House