{"product_id":"the-politics-of-ethnicity-in-lovise-aalen-9789004207295","title":"The Politics of Ethnicity in Ethiopia","description":"Most 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lovise Aalen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9004207295\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789004207295\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/22\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.30w x 0.50d","brand":"Lovise Aalen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47520656359679,"sku":"9789004207295","price":97.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_74acb900-905c-4a41-a1ed-0a5a8e76a84d.jpg?v=1762886378","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-politics-of-ethnicity-in-lovise-aalen-9789004207295","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}