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Ethnic federalism : the Ethiopian experience in comparative perspective
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Ethnic federalism : the Ethiopian experience in comparative perspective

Author: David Anthony Turton
Publisher: Oxford : J. Currey ; Athens : Ohio University Press ; Addis Ababa : Addis Ababa University Press, 2006.
Series: Eastern African studies
Edition/Format:   Book : English
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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. This book includes case  Read more...

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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: David Anthony Turton
ISBN: 085255897X 9780852558973 0852558961 9780852558966 0821416979 9780821416976 0821416960 9780821416969
OCLC Number: 470789889
Notes: Notes bibliogr.
Description: 1 vol. (X-246 p.) : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents: Introduction by David Turton; Emerging Western models of multination federalism: are they relevant for Africa? by Will Kymlicka; Federalism & the management of ethnic conflict: the Nigerian experience by Rotimi Suberu; The evolution & distinctiveness of India's linguistic federalism by Rajeev Bhargava; Contradictory interpretations of Ethiopian history: the need for a new consensus by Merera Gudina; Theory versus practice in the implementation of Ethiopia's ethnic federalism by Assefa Fiseha; The development of regional & local languages in Ethiopia's federal system by Gideon Cohen; Responses to ethnic federalism in Ethiopia's southern region by Sarah Vaughan; The experience of Gambella Regional State by Dereje Feyissa; Afterword by Christopher Clapham.
Series Title: Eastern African studies
Responsibility: edited by David Turton ; with an afterword by Christopher Clapham.
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'The comparisons made are with Nigeria (the largest and longest, which survived the civil war involving Biafra) and India (linguistic-based). The book asserts Ethiopia's experiment has ensured peace Read more...

 
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