Overview

The Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) took over from the much hated army dictatorship of Mengistu's DERG at the beginning of the 1990s. This book is the outcome of an intensive research and monitoring study of the growing gap between democratic aspirations and reality. It focuses on the elections held in 2000 and 2001 but also presents the wider context and issues including gender, urban and rural contrasts, class and caste conflict, and environment. While the EPRDF is a great advance on the previous DERG administration, the authors are critical of how far it has fallen short of its original democratic hopes. They explain why it seems unable to accept any indication of a faltering in its rural support or afford to lose political control even in a small number of localities. They conclude that only when the regime recognizes its shortcomings will it create the conditions for substantive democratization.

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Author:   Siegfried Pausewang ,  Kjetil Tronvoll ,  Lovise Aalen ,  Christopher Clapham
Publisher:   Zed Books Ltd
Imprint:   Zed Books Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 13.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.295kg
ISBN:  

9781842771778

ISBN 10:   1842771779
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   31 December 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface - Christopher Clapham 1. Democratisation in Ethiopia: Some Notes on Theory and Methodology - Siegfried Pausewang, Kjetil Tronvoll and Lovise Aalen 2. A Process of Democratisation or Control? The Historical and Political Context - Siegfried Pausewang, Kjetil Tronvoll and Lovise Aalen 3. Women are not corrupt : The Elections in Addis Ababa in a Gender Perspective - Marta Camilla Wright 4. Prospects for Democracy, Agro-ecology and Civil Society: Elections in Amhara region, Ethiopia's Rural Urban Hinterland - James C. McCann 5. Expressions of Control, Fear and Devotion: The Elections in Mekelle and Wukro, Tigray region - Lovise Aalen 6. A Population Rendered Quiescent: The Elections in Dembi Dolo, Oromiya - Charles G.H. Schaefer 7. A Population Resisting Local Control and Intimidation? The Elections in Gedeo, Southern Ethiopia (SNNPRS) - Siegfried Pausewang 8. Expression of Political Apathy and Class/Caste Conflict: The Elections in Sidama, Southern Ethiopia (SNNPRS) - Kjell Solberg 9. Exposures of Political Suppression and Resistance: Elections in Hadiya, Southern Ethiopia (SNNPRS) - Kjetil Tronvoll 10. Undermining a Seed to Democracy: The 2001 Local Elections in Addis Ababa and the Central Regions - Siegfried Pausewang and Lovise Aalen 11. Shattered Promises and Hopes: The 2001 Local Elections in Southern Region - Siegfried Pausewang and Lovise Aalen 12. Conclusion: Democracy Unfulfilled? - Siegfried Pausewang, Kjetil Tronvoll and Lovise Aalen

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Siegfried Pausewang is a rural sociologist and a senior fellow at the Christian Michelsen Institute in Bergen, Norway. Kjetil Tronvolleis a social anthropologist at the Norwegian Institute of Human Rights, University of Oslo. Both are Ethiopia specialists who have written extensively on the couuntry and served as observers at successive elections. Lovise Aalen is also based at the Norwegian Institute of Human Rights.

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