Reconfiguring Ethiopia: the politics of authoritarian reform

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Title:	Reconfiguring Ethiopia: the politics of authoritarian reform
Editors:	Abbink, J. Hagmann, Tobias
Chapter(s):	Present
Year:	2013
Pages:	229
Language:	English
City of publisher:	London
Publisher:	Routledge
ISBN:	9780415813877
Geographic term:	Ethiopia
Subjects:	political history democratization federalism separation of powers press rural households religion boundaries ethnicity development cooperation
Abstract:	The chapters in this book were originally published in the 'Journal of Eastern African Studies', vol. 5, no. 4 (2011). They explore differing aspects of Ethiopia's political experience since 1991. The papers fall into four subject categories, addressing the new foundational formula of 'ethnic federalism' cum 'revolutionary democracy' advocated by the post-1991 EPRDF (Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Democratic Front) government, and its impact on collective identities and inter-group relations; electoral and opposition politics in the context of a dominant party-State; various related societal changes regarding the role and place of religious communities, the independent press and local-level politics; and Ethiopia's international positioning. Contributors: Jon Abbink, Fekadu Adugna, Jean-Nicolas Bach, Rony Emmenegger, Dereje Feyissa, Assefa Fiseha, Tobias Hagmann, Jörg Haustein, Asnake Kefale, Sibilo Keno, Terje Østebø, Nicole Stremlau, and Sarah Vaughan. [ASC Leiden abstract]