This article examines the entanglements of diversity, urban inequalities, group politics and conflict in advanced and emergent democracies. Though advanced democracies are considered to be generally more egalitarian than their emergent counterparts, there is need for further understanding of the specific ways in which the dimensions and parameters of diversity and inequalities resemble or contrast in the two contexts. In this article, we explore the repertoires of interactions between diversity, inequalities and local politics in Amsterdam (Netherlands) and Jos (Nigeria). We suggest that whereas in Amsterdam an anti-Muslim discourse, more so than group level inequalities, led to the politicization of immigrant groups, in Jos group politics is driven by a strong overlap between ascribed identities and inequalities. While immigrant groups in Amsterdam articulate and pursue their interests within the confines of a regulated political space dominated by formal institutions, groups in Jos deploy violent strategies in pursuing their interests because of the prevalence of weak institutions. The conclusion reiterates a few key insights derived from this cross-fertilization.

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荷兰和尼日利亚的城市不平等和身份认同与政治的联系

本文考察了先进民主国家和新兴民主国家中的多样性，城市不平等，群体政治和冲突的纠缠。尽管人们普遍认为先进民主国家比新兴民主国家更为平等，但仍需要进一步了解在两种情况下多样性和不平等的规模和参数与之相似或形成对比的具体方式。在本文中，我们探讨了阿姆斯特丹（荷兰）和乔斯（尼日利亚）之间的多样性，不平等与地方政治之间的相互作用。我们建议，在阿姆斯特丹，反穆斯林话语不仅导致群体层面的不平等，还导致了移民群体的政治化，而在乔斯群体中，政治则是由归属和不平等之间的强烈重叠所驱动的。阿姆斯特丹的移民团体在由正规机构主导的受规制的政治空间内表达和追求自己的利益，而乔斯的移民群体则由于机构薄弱而采用暴力策略来追求自己的利益。该结论重申了从这种互作中获得的一些关键见解。