Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ethiopians in the Twenty-First Century: The Structure and Transformation of the Population / loi Ficquet and Dereje Feyissa -- The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (EOTC) and the Challenges of Modernity / Stp̌hane Ancel and loi Ficquet -- The Ethiopian Muslims: Historical Processes and Ongoing Controversies / loi Ficquet -- Go Pente! The Charismatic Renewal of the Evangelical Movement in Ethiopia / Emanuele Fantini -- From Pan-Africanism to Rastafari: African American and Caribbean 'Returns' to Ethiopia / Giulia Bonacci -- Monarchical Restoration and Territorial Expansion: The Ethiopian State in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century / Shiferaw Bekele -- The Era of Haile Selassie / Christopher Clapham -- The Ethiopian Revolution and the Derg Regime / Gřard Prunier -- The Eritrean Question / Gřard Prunier -- The Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) / Medhane Tadesse -- Federalism, Revolutionary Democracy and the Developmental State, 1991-2012 / Sarah Vaughan -- Elections and Politics in Ethiopia, 2005-2010 / Patrick Gilkes -- Making Sense of Ethiopia's Regional Influence / Medhane Tadesse -- The Ethiopian Economy: The Developmental State vs. the Free Market / Ren Ľefort -- Addis Ababa and the Urban Renewal in Ethiopia / Perrine Duroyaume -- The Meles Zenawi Era: From Revolutionary Marxism to State Developmentalism / Gřard Prunier.

"Seeks to dispel the myths and clichš surrounding contemporary perceptions of Ethiopia by providing a rare overview of the country's recent history, politics and culture. Explores the unique features of this often misrepresented country as it strives to make itself heard in the modern world"-- Publisher description.