The Politics of Contemporary Ethiopia

This book investigates the role of ethnic federalism in Ethiopian politics, reflecting on a long history of division amongst the country's political elites. It is an important guide to the ethnic politics of Ethiopia and will be of interest to researchers of African politics, authoritarianism and ethnic conflict.

Autorentext

Yohannes Gedamu is a Lecturer of Political Science at Georgia Gwinnett College, Lawrenceville, Georgia.

Inhalt

1. Introduction Part 1: The Foundations to Understanding the Politics of Ethiopia 2. Historical Overview of Political Regimes in Pre-1974 Ethiopia 3. The Rise and Fall of the Military Regime and the Emergence of the Tigray People's Liberation Front-Led-Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front 4. A Review of the Contemporary Literature on Authoritarian Survival and Ethnic Federalism 5. The Strategic Elite and Institutional Designs in Ethiopia: Question of Rights Part 2: Ethnic Federalism, an Authoritarian Coalition, and Political Change in Ethiopia 6. Ethiopia's Ethnic Federalism: Institutional Frameworks as Mechanisms for Authoritarian Survival 7. Ethnic Federalism and the EPRDF's Systemic Co-Optation Mechanisms for Survival 8. Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, Ethnic Federalism, and the Anatomy of a Party-State's Economy 9. Critical Junctures in the Rise and Decline of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front 10. A Defunct Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, the Emergence of the Prosperity Party, and the Fall of the Tigray People's Liberation Front 11. Conclusion