TY  - MANSCPT
AU  - Turton,David (editor)
TI  - Ethnic federation: the Ethiopian experience in comparative perspective 
SN  - 0821416979 (paper back) :
U1  - ETH 320.463 Eth 2006 
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Oxford : Athens : Addis Ababa
PB  - James Currey : Ohio Universtiy Press : Addis Ababa University Press
KW  - Federal government
KW  - Ethiopia
KW  - Congresses
KW  - Comparative government
KW  - Ethnic relations
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1991
N1  - Since 1991, Ethiopia has gone further than any other country in the world in using ethnicity as the fundamental organizing principles of a federal system of government. And yet, this pioneering experiment in 'ethnic federalism' has been largley ignored in the growing literature on democratization and ethnicity in Africa and on the accommodation of ethnic diversity in democratic states. The aim of this book is to bring a much needed comparative dimension to the discussion of Ethiopia federation. Apart from giving close examination to aspects of the Ethiopia case, the book asks why the use of territorial decentralization to accomodate ethic differences has been generally unpopular in Africa, while it is growing in popularity in the west
ER  -