Format:
1 online resource (313 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9789004218499
Series Statement:
African Social Studies Ser. v.27
Content:
Drawing on nine case studies, this book offers a comparative ethnography of the contested powers that shape democratization in Ethiopia. Focusing on the competitive 2005 elections, the authors analyze how customary leaders, political parties and state officials confronted each other during election time.
Content:
Intro -- Contested Power in Ethiopia -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Maps, Photographs, Tables and Charts -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Acronyms -- Introduction Traditional Authorities and Multi-Party Elections in Ethiopia -- Chapter 1 Electoral Politics in the Nuer Cultural Context -- Chapter 2 Fishing for Votes in the Somali Region: Clan Elders, Bureaucrats and Party Politics in the 2005 Elections -- Chapter 3 Family Connections: Inherited Status and Parliamentary Elections in Dawro, Southern Ethiopia -- Chapter 4 A Revival of Tradition? The Power of Clans and Social Strata in the Wolayta Elections -- Chapter 5 Cynicism and Hope: Urban Youth and Relations of Power During the 2005 Ethiopian Elections -- Chapter 6 Islam and Politics: The EPRDF, the 2005 Elections and Muslim Institutions in Bale -- Chapter 7 'We Say they are Neftenya -- They Say we are OLF': A Post-Election Assessment of Ethnicity, Politics and Age-Sets in Oromiya -- Chapter 8 Customary Institutions in Contemporary Politics in Borana Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia -- Chapter 9 The 2005 Elections in Maale: A Reassertion of Traditional Authority or the Extension of a Nascent Public Sphere? -- Epilogue The 'New' Ethiopia: Changing Discourses of Democracy -- Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004218437
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9789004218437
Language:
English
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