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The politics of ethnicity in Ethiopia : actors, power and mobilisation under ethnic federalism /

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Aalen, Lovise
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.
Colección:African social studies series ; v. 25.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.