UID:
almahu_9949703112302882
Format:
1 online resource (xiii, 299 pages) :
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illustrations.
ISBN:
9789004218499
Series Statement:
African social studies series ; v. 27
Content:
This book offers a comparative ethnography of the contested powers that shape democratization in Ethiopia. Although multi-party elections have become the norm in Africa, relatively little is known about the significance of non-state actors such as traditional authorities in electioneering. Focusing on Ethiopia's competitive 2005 elections, this book analyzes how customary leaders, political parties and state officials confronted and complemented each other during election time. Case studies reveal the contemporaneousness of traditional authorities in modern politics, but also how multi-party competition reproduces traditional relations of domination among ethnic groups. The book documents the importance of customary authority in selecting party candidates and providing legitimacy to political parties, but also their limitations in a country dominated by a semi-authoritarian party-state.
Note:
Preliminary Material --
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Introduction Traditional Authorities and Multi-Party Elections in Ethiopia /
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Chapter 1 Electoral Politics in the Nuer Cultural Context /
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Chapter 2 Fishing for Votes in the Somali Region: Clan Elders, Bureaucrats and Party Politics in the 2005 Elections /
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Chapter 3 Family Connections: Inherited Status and Parliamentary Elections in Dawro, Southern Ethiopia /
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Chapter 4 A Revival of Tradition? The Power of Clans and Social Strata in the Wolayta Elections /
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Chapter 5 Cynicism and Hope: Urban Youth and Relations of Power During the 2005 Ethiopian Elections /
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Chapter 6 Islam and Politics: The EPRDF, the 2005 Elections and Muslim Institutions in Bale /
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Chapter 7 'We Say they are Neft enya; They Say we are OLF': A Post-Election Assessment of Ethnicity, Politics and Age-Sets in Oromiya /
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Chapter 8 Customary Institutions in Contemporary Politics in Borana Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia /
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Chapter 9 The 2005 Elections in Maale: A Reassertion of Traditional Authority or the Extension of a Nascent Public Sphere? /
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Epilogue The 'New' Ethiopia: Changing Discourses of Democracy /
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Index.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Contested Power in Ethiopia: Traditional Authorities and Multi-Party Elections Leiden, Boston : BRILL, 2012, ISBN 9789004218437
Language:
English
