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Title:Identity politics, democratisation and State building in Ethiopia's federal arrangement
Author:Mengisteab, KidaneISNI
Year:2007
Periodical:African Journal on Conflict Resolution
Volume:7
Issue:2
Pages:63-92
Language:English
Geographic term:Ethiopia
Subjects:federalism
ethnicity
State formation
External link:https://www.accord.org.za/ajcr-issues/%ef%bf%bcidentity-politics-democratisation-and-state-building-in-ethiopias-federal-arrangement/
Abstract:Relations between identity politics, democratization, and State-building are complex, especially in the cases of relatively young postcolonial countries, such as those in Sub-Saharan Africa. The complexity emanates, in part, from the multiplicity of the intervening variables. This paper proposes that the factors that impinge on the relationships include: the nature of the historical State-identity and inter-identity relations, the nature of the State, including the quality of its leadership and its effectiveness in promoting the well-being of its citizens equitably, the State's approach to State-building, the organization of political parties, and the structure of electoral systems. Developing a general theory on the relations between identity politics, democratization, and State-building is beyond the scope of this paper. Instead, the paper aims to contribute to an understanding of the nature of the relationships by exploring how they have unfolded in Ethiopia's fifteen-year-old federal arrangement, which has been instituted with the stated objectives of enhancing State-building and democratic governance by granting identity groups the right of self-governance. Bibliogr., sum. [Journal abstract]
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