The Ethnopolitics of Ethnofederalism in Ethiopia

ISBN-13: 9780815373957 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 126 str.

Jan Erk

Opis

There is growing interest in Ethiopia, yet reliable scholarly analyses are in short supply – particularly concerning the country’s complex ethnic make-up and its unique system of ethnofederalism. By targeting both scholars and practitioners, this collection fills in this gap. The chapters originally published in Ethnopolitics and Regional & Federal Studies.

Spis treści

1. ‘Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’: The Ethnopolitics of Ethnofederalism in Ethiopia  Jan Erk 2. The Original Sin of Ethiopian Federalism Yonatan Tesfaye Fessha 3. Ethiopian Ethnic Federalism: Without a Space for ‘Indigenous Peoples’? Seyoum Mesfin 4. The (Mis)Management of Ethno-linguistic Diversity in Ethiopian Cities Zemelak A. Ayele and Jaap de Visser 5. Ethiopian Federalism and the Ethnic Politics of Divided Cities: Consociationalism without Competitive Multiparty Politics in Dire Dawa Milkessa Midega 6. Constitutional Adjudication through Second Chamber in Ethiopia Assefa Fiseha 7. Federalization with a Constitutional Guarantee to Secession:  Controversies, Paradoxes and Imponderables in Ethiopia Tesfa Bihonegn

O autorze

Jan Erk is the Jan Smuts Memorial Fellow at the University of Cambridge. He completed his doctorate at McGill University and his post-doctoral studies at the University of Toronto, in Canada. In 2018, he will become a fellow of the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS) in South Africa.