01640ctm a2200241 a 4500 OSt 20250519131736.0 ta 150206s2006 001 0 eng d 0821416979 (paper back) : ETB 54.00 EGST ETH 320.463 Eth 2006 c.2 Ethnic federation : the Ethiopian experience in comparative perspective / edited by David Turton. Oxford : Athens : Addis Ababa : James Currey : Ohio Universtiy Press : Addis Ababa University Press, c2006. x, 246 p. ; 21 cm. 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. Federal government Ethiopia Congresses. Comparative government Congresses. Ethiopia Ethnic relations Political aspects Congresses. Ethiopia Politics and government 1991 Congresses. Turton, David (editor) BK ddc 11658 11658 0 0 0 0 EGSTL EGSTL CIRC 2025-03-09 1 ETH 320.463 Eth 2006 c.2 21168 2025-06-30 00:00:00 2025-03-28 2025-03-09 ETH