The Politics of Ethnicity in Ethiopia : Actors, Power and Mobilisation under Ethnic Federalism.
Title:
The Politics of Ethnicity in Ethiopia : Actors, Power and Mobilisation under Ethnic Federalism.
Author:
Aalen, Lovise.
ISBN:
9789004209374
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (230 pages)
Series:
African Social Studies Series ; v.25
African Social Studies Series
Contents:
Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Selected Glossary -- List of Maps and Tables -- Chapter One Introduction: The Limits of Institutions in Multiethnic Societies -- Chapter Two 'National Self-Determination': Federalism the Ethiopian Way -- Chapter Three The Historical Trajectories of Local Ethnic Polities: The Sidama and the Wolayta -- Chapter Four Ethnic Politics in Play: Implementing Self-Determination in a South Ethiopian Context -- Chapter Five Crafting Ethnic Politics: The Formation of Parties in Sidama and Wolayta -- Chapter Six Dealing with Local Minorities: The Persistence of Discriminatory Practices under Ethnic Federalism -- Chapter Seven Identities or Resources at Stake? Controversies on National Self-Determination in Sidama and Wolayta -- Chapter Eight Conclusion: The Facets of Ethnic Federalism -- References -- Index.
Abstract:
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 intended and unintended outcomes. While arguably easing large-scale ethnic conflicts, it has led to ethnicisation of local socioeconomic disputes and to sharper inter-ethnic and intra-ethnic divides, often to the disadvantage of historically marginalised groups.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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