Citizens, civil society, and activism under the EPRDF regime in Ethiopia : an analysis from below / edited by Camille Louise Pellerin and Logan Cochrane.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pellerin, Camille Louise, editor.

Cochrane, Logan, editor.

Series:

McGill-Queen's Studies in Protest, Power, and Resistance Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

YaʼItyop̣yā hezboč ʼabeyotāwi démokrāsiyāwi genbār.

Political participation.

Ethiopia--Politics and government--1991-.

Ethiopia.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal, Quebec : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2023]

Summary:

This collection asks how citizens and civil society express their interests and exert their agency in authoritarian settings. Focusing on the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front regime over three decades, the book explores civic activism in Ethiopia, presenting diverse examples of how citizens have (re)shaped the country.

Contents:

Cover

CITIZENS, CIVIL SOCIETY, AND ACTIVISM UNDER THE EPRDF REGIME IN ETHIOPIA

Title

Copyright

Contents

Tables and Figures

Acknowledgements

Dedication

Introduction: Civil Society Activism under Authoritarian Rule - From Co-optation to Contestation

1 Contesting the EPRDF Government: Mass Resistance, Political Mobilisation, and Legal Activism in the 1990s

2 Achievements and Resilience: Unspoken Stories of Civil Society Organisations in Ethiopia

3 Eliminating Violence against Women in Ethiopia: Social Media Campaigns

4 Ethiopia's Women's Development Army: A Moral and Political-Economic Perspective on Unpaid, State-Organised Rural Women's Labour

5 Zone 9 Bloggers and Activism Collective: Civil Society and Online Activism in Addis Ababa

6 A Non-violent Struggle against EPRDF's Hegemony: The Case of the Muslim Protest (2011-15)

7 Speaking Power to 'Truth': An Outsider's Look into the Oromo Youth Resistance against the EPRDF

8 Civic Activism and Civil Society Reform in Ethiopia

Conclusion: Beyond the Public Silence - Civil Society Activism and Authoritarian Rule in Ethiopia

Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780228017851

0228017858

9780228017868

0228017866

OCLC:

1378932497