Making citizens in Africa : ethnicity, gender, and national identity in Ethiopia / / Lahra Smith.
"Making Citizens in Africa argues that citizenship creation and expansion is a pivotal part of political contestation in Africa today. Citizenship is a powerful analytical tool with which to approach political life in contemporary Africa because the institutional and structural reforms of the p...
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| Superior document: | African studies ; 125 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | African studies series ;
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| Physical Description: | xviii, 252 p. :; ill., maps. |
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Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: Introduction; Part I. The Challenge: Unequal Citizenship: 1. Comparative perspectives on citizen-creation in Africa; 2. The historical context for modern Ethiopian citizenship; Part II. The Response: The State and Its Citizens: 3. Popular responses to unequal citizenship; 4. A referendum on ethnic identity and the claims of citizenship; 5. No going back on self-determination for the Oromo; 6. Ethiopian women and citizenship rights deferred; Conclusion.