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| Document Type: | Book |
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| 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 and security for the great majority of the population - a success when considering the years of violence that preceded it. However, it is still not fully operational - the greatest risk of its failure is not because it is too ethnic, but because it is not sufficiently federal. - Oxfam Development Resources Review---------- '... the volume successfully gives insight into "the experiment of ethnic federalism" in Ethiopia and is relevant for scholars interested in institutional design in ethnically diverse societies.' - Katherine Holden in 'Journal of Peace Research'---------- '...a timely intervention. 'This collection of essays fruitfully examines the dynamics of Ethiopian ethnic federalism within a comparative conceptual framework. In particular, the Indian and Nigerian examples provide exceptionally useful insights and lessons for Ethiopia.' - Abdi Ismail Samatar, University of Minnesota---------- Read more...
