The puzzle of Ethiopian politics / Terrence Lyons.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lyons, Terrence, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

YaʼItyop̣yā hezboč ʼabeyotāwi démokrāsiyāwi genbār.

Democratization--Ethiopia.

Democratization.

Ethiopia--Politics and government--1991-.

Ethiopia.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

x, 245 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colorado : Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc., 2019.

Summary:

How did a group with its origins in a small Marxist-Leninist insurgency in northern Ethiopia transform itself into a party (the EPRDF) with eight million members and a hierarchy that links even the smallest Ethiopian village to the center? How do the legacies of protracted civil war and rebel victory over the brutal Derg regime continue to shape contemporary Ethiopian politics? And can the EPRDF, after widespread protests and a state of emergency, transform itself under new leadership to meet popular demands? Answering these questions in his comprehensive study of nearly three decades of Ethiopian politics, Terrence Lyons argues that the very structures that enabled the ruling party to overcome the challenges of a war-to-peace transition are the source of the challenges that it faces now. While the new political leadership has promised dramatic reforms, Lyons observes, the powerful authoritarian ruling party remains in place, unreconstructed.

Contents:

The puzzle of Ethiopian politics

Legacies of war

New rules of the game

The EPRDF in power

Diverse oppositions

Elections and the closing of political space

The developmental state

Popular uprisings

The Ethiopian transformation?

Continuity and change.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Lyons, Terrence, author. Puzzle of Ethiopian politics

ISBN:

9781626377981

1626377987

OCLC:

1066180129