Contested power in Ethiopia : traditional authorities and multi-party elections / edited by Kjetil Tronvoll, Tobias Hagmann.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tronvoll, Kjetil.

Hagmann, Tobias

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

African social studies series ; v. 27.

African social studies series ; v. 27

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Power (Social sciences).

Elections.

Political parties.

Ethiopia--Politics and government--1991-.

Ethiopia.

Politics and government.

Political parties--Ethiopia.

Elections--Ethiopia.

Power (Social sciences)--Ethiopia.

Physical Description:

xiii, 299 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.

Summary:

This book explores the complex interrelationships between multi-party elections and traditional authorities in Ethiopia and is based on nine case studies of the country's 2005 regional and national elections, which were contested. Subjects addressed include: an introduction to traditional authorities and multi-party elections in the country, electoral politics in the Nuer cultural context, the power of clans and social strata in the Wolayta elections, urban youth and relations of power, customary institutions in contemporary politics in Borana Zone in Oromia, and inherited status and parliamentary elections in Dawro in southern Ethiopia. Editors Tronvoll (human rights, U. of Oslo, Norway), Hagmann (visiting scholar, U.C. Berkeley), and eight co-authors contributed to the book. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Introduction: traditional authorities and multi-party elections in Ethiopia / Kjetil Tronvoll & Tobias Hagmann

Electoral politics in the Nuer cultural context / Dereje Feyissa

Fishing for votes in the Somali region: clan elders, bureaucrats and party politics in the 2005 elections / Tobias Hagmann

Family connections: inherited status and parliamentary elections in Dawro, southern Ethiopia / Data Dea Barata

A revival of tradition? the power of clans and social strata in the Wolayta elections / Lovise Aalen

Cynicism and hope: urban youth and relations of power during the 2005 Ethiopian elections / Daniel Mains

Islam and politics: the EPRDF, the 2005 elections and Muslim institutions in Bale / Terje Ostebo

We say they are Neftenya; they say we are OLF': a post-election assessment of ethnicity, politics and age-sets in Oromiya / Charles Schaefer

Customary institutions in contemporary politics in Borana zone, Oromia, Ethiopia / Marco Bassi

The 2005 elections in Maale: a reassertion of traditional authority or the extension of a nascent public sphere? / Donald L. Donham

Epilogue: the 'new' Ethiopia: changing discourses of democracy / Kjetil Tronvoll.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

9004218432

9789004218437

OCLC:

751250238

Publisher Number:

99946393203