Contending nationalisms of Oromia and Ethiopia : struggling for statehood, sovereignty, and multinational democracy / Asafa Jalata.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jalata, Asafa, 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Oromo (African people)--Politics and government.

Oromo (African people).

Oromo (African people)--Government relations.

Nationalism--Ethiopia.

Nationalism.

Ethiopia--Ethnic relations.

Ethiopia.

Ethnic relations.

Oromiyā kelel (Ethiopia)--History--Autonomy and independence movements.

Oromiyā kelel (Ethiopia).

Physical Description:

viii, 229 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Binghamton, NY : Global Academic Pub., [2010]

Contents:

Ethnonationalism and the global "modernizing" project 5

Ethiopianism as oppressor nationalism

the Amhara-Tigray state and oppressor nationalism : external legitimacy, authoritarianism, and state terrorism

Oromia : the problems of colonial institutions, garrison cities, and urban centers

Ethiopia on the fire of competing nationalisms : the Oromo People's Movement, the state, and the West

Struggling for social justice and self-determination in the capitalist world system : the cases of African Americans, Oromos, and southern and western Sudanese

Oromo national political leadership : assessing the past and mapping the future

Foundations of a state in Oromia : applying Gadaa principles in the twenty-first century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-219) and index.

ISBN:

1586842803

9781586842802

9781586842819

1586842811

OCLC:

522429436

Publisher Number:

99943810590