The politics of ethnicity in Ethiopia : actors, power and mobilisation under ethnic federalism / by Lovise Aalen.
Material type: TextSeries: African social studies series ; v. 25.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 214 pages) : mapsContent type:- text
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- Minorities -- Government policy -- Ethiopia
- Ethnicity -- Political aspects -- Ethiopia
- Ethnic groups -- Political activity -- Ethiopia
- Ethiopia -- Ethnic relations -- Political aspects
- Nationalism -- Ethiopia
- Federal government -- Ethiopia
- Ethiopia -- Politics and government -- 1991-
- Ethnicité -- Aspect politique -- Éthiopie
- Groupes ethniques -- Activité politique -- Éthiopie
- Nationalisme -- Éthiopie
- Éthiopie -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1991-
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Civics & Citizenship
- Ethnic groups -- Political activity
- Ethnic relations -- Political aspects
- Ethnicity -- Political aspects
- Federal government
- Minorities -- Government policy
- Nationalism
- Politics and government
- Ethiopia
- Since 1991
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- JQ3756.M5 P65 2011eb
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: the limits of institutions in multiethnic societies -- 'National self-determination': federalism the Ethiopian way -- The historical trajectories of local ethnic polities: the Sidama and the Wolayta -- Ethnic politics in play: implementing self-determination in a South Ethiopian context -- Crafting ethnic politics: the formation of parties in Sidama and Wolayta -- Dealing with local minorities: the persistence of discriminatory practices under ethnic federalism -- Identities or resources at stake? controversies on national self-determination in Sidama and Wolayta -- Conclusion: the facets of ethnic federalism.
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Most governments in Africa, seeing the political mobilisation of ethnicity as a threat, have rejected the use of ethnic differences as an explicit basis for political representation. The one prominent exception is Ethiopia, which since 1991 has imposed a system of ethnic-based federalism that offers each ethnic group the right of self-determination. This book provides a detailed empirical study of this system at work in the complex multiethnic environment of southern Ethiopia. It finds that ethnic self-rule, in combination with the power politics of an authoritarian regime, has produced both i.
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