{"product_id":"the-politics-of-ethnicity-in-ethiopia-actors-power-and-mobilisation-under-ethnic-federalism-9789004207295","title":"The Politics of Ethnicity in Ethiopia: Actors, Power and Mobilisation Under Ethnic Federalism","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Lovise Aalen\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Brill\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Brill\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Civics \u0026amp; Citizenship\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost governments in Africa, seeing the political mobilisation of ethnicity as a threat, have rejected the use of ethnic differences as an explicit basis for political representation. The one prominent exception is Ethiopia, which since 1991 has imposed a system of ethnic-based federalism that offers each ethnic group the right of 'self-determination'. This book provides a detailed empirical study of this system at work in the complex multiethnic environment of southern Ethiopia. It finds that ethnic self-rule, in combination with the power politics of an authoritarian regime, has produced both intended and unintended outcomes. While arguably easing large-scale ethnic conflicts, it has led to 'ethnicisation' of local socioeconomic disputes and to sharper inter-ethnic and intra-ethnic divides, often to the disadvantage of historically marginalised groups.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47600751935639,"sku":"9789004207295","price":9358.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9789004207295.webp?v=1775009769","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-politics-of-ethnicity-in-ethiopia-actors-power-and-mobilisation-under-ethnic-federalism-9789004207295","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}