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Ethnic Federalism: The Ethiopian Experience in Comparative Perspective (Eastern African Studies) The book includes case studies of Nigerian and Indian federalism and suggests how Ethiopia might learn from both the failures and successes of these older federations. Apart from giving close examina
| Title | : | Ethnic Federalism: The Ethiopian Experience in Comparative Perspective (Eastern African Studies) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.90 (276 Votes) |
| Id Book | : | 085255897X |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2006-02-03 |
| Type File | : | PDF, DOC, RTF, ePub |
Since 1991, Ethiopia has gone further than any other country in using ethnicity as the fundamental organizing principle of a federal system of government. And yet this pioneering experiment in 'ethnic federalism' has been largely ignored in the growing literature on democratization and ethnicity in Africa and on the accommodation of ethnic diversity in democratic states. Apart from giving close examination to aspects of the Ethiopian case, the book asks why the use of territorial decentralization to accommodate ethnic differences has been generally unpopular in Africa, while it is growing in popularity in the West. The book includes case studies of Nigerian and Indian federalism and suggests how Ethiopia might learn from both the failures and successes of these older federations. In the light of these broader issues and cases, it identifies the main challenges facing Ethiopia over the next few years, as it struggles to bring political practice into line with constitutional theory, and
David Turton is a Senior Associate of Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford, where he was formerly Reader in Forced Migration and Director of the Refugees Studies Centre.
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Tellingly to me, while the authors recognize this political-bias possibility, they discuss it only as a possible influence on white-student attitudes (i.e., because whites may perceive AA to harm them, this may cause them to understate the amount they learned from difference - see footnote 14, page 310). The presentation of their results are again skewed in a pro-AA direction. I've read this book several times over the years. Such spaces help us find ourselves in that world; that is why they have a touch of the sacred. There are lots of close-up photos of bees and all things bee and l
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