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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...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2011.
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| Series: | African social studies series ;
v. 25. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 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.