Contested power in Ethiopia : traditional authorities and multi-party elections / / edited by Kjetil Tronvoll, Tobias Hagmann.
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...
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| Superior document: | African social studies series, v. 27 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | African social studies series ;
v. 27. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (313 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: traditional authorities and multi-party elections in Ethiopia / Kjetil Tronvoll & Tobias Hagmann
- Electoral politics in the Nuer cultural context / Dereje Feyissa
- Fishing for votes in the Somali region: clan elders, bureaucrats and party politics in the 2005 elections / Tobias Hagmann
- The family connection: inherited status and parliamentary elections in Dawro, southern Ethiopia / Data Dea Barata
- A revival of tradition? the power of clans and social strata in the Wolayta elections / Lovise Aalen
- Cynicism and hope: urban youth and relations of power during the 2005 Ethiopian elections / Daniel Mains
- Islam and politics: the EPRDF, the 2005 elections and Muslim institutions in Bale / Terje Ostebo
- We say they are Neftenya; they say we are OLF': a post-election assessment of ethnicity, politics and age-sets in Oromiya / Charles Schaefer
- Customary institutions in contemporary politics in Borana zone, Oromia, Ethiopia / Marco Bassi
- The 2005 elections in Maale: a reassertion of traditional authority or the extension of a nascent public sphere? / Donald L. Donham
- Epilogue: the 'new' Ethiopia: changing discourses of democracy / Kjetil Tronvoll.