This book offers a comparative ethnography of the contested powers that shape democratization in Ethiopia. Although multi-party elections have become the norm in Africa, relatively little is known about the significance of non-state actors such as traditional authorities in electioneering. Focusing on Ethiopia's competitive 2005 elections, this book analyzes how customary leaders, political parties and state officials confronted and complemented each other during election time. Case studies reveal the contemporaneousness of traditional authorities in modern politics, but also how multi-party...
This book offers a comparative ethnography of the contested powers that shape democratization in Ethiopia. Although multi-party elections have become ...
This book takes stock of political reform in Ethiopia and the transformation of Ethiopian society since the adoption of multi-party politics and ethnic federalism in 1991. Decentralization, attempted democratization via ethno-national representation, and partial economic liberalization have reconfigured Ethiopian society and state in the past two decades. Yet, as the contributors to this volume demonstrate, democracy in Ethiopia has not changed the authority structures and the culture of centralist decision-making of the past. The political system is tightly engineered and controlled from...
This book takes stock of political reform in Ethiopia and the transformation of Ethiopian society since the adoption of multi-party politics and et...
There is a shocking aspect of Africa's foreign aid that is almost entirely ignored: since 2013, almost half of Africa's top aid recipients have been ruled by authoritarian one-party states. Many international donors such as USAID, DFID, the World Bank, and the European Commission have watched their aid policies becoming increasingly entangled with the agendas of governmental elites. The situation prompts an uncomfortable question: to what extent are foreign aid programs now actually perpetuating authoritarian rule in Africa? Aid and Authoritarianism in Africa sheds...
There is a shocking aspect of Africa's foreign aid that is almost entirely ignored: since 2013, almost half of Africa's top aid recipients have been r...
