Gadaa Across Domains : A Long-Term Study of an African Democratic Institution.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bassi, Marco.

Series:

Migrazioni, Mobilità, Sconfinamenti Series

Migrazioni, Mobilità, Sconfinamenti Series ; v.3

Language:

Italian

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Venice, Italy : Edizioni Ca' Foscari - Digital Publishing, 2024.

Contents:

Intro

2 51Islandness e (im)mobilità insulari

3 79La Repubblica delle Isole Fiji

4 105Governare l'adattamento? L'esempio della Repubblica delle Fiji

5 133La rilocazione interna come strategia di adattamento climatico

Percezioni ed esperienze dal basso

167Conclusioni

175Bibliografia

3Introduction

A Long-Term Study of an African Democratic Institution

Part 1

33Introduction to Part 1

1 39Gadaa as an Integrative Factor of Political Organisation

2 55The Complexity of a Pastoral African Polity: An Introduction to the Council Organisation of the Borana Oromo

3 73Institutional Forgiveness in Borana Assemblies

4 79The Family Among the Borana Oromo: A Case of Customary Law in Ethiopia

5 93The System of Cattle Redistribution Among the Borana of Obbuu and Its Implications for Development Planning

Part 2

101Introduction to Part 2

6 Returnees in Mooyyale District, Southern Ethiopia: New Means for an Old Inter-Ethnic Game

7 Customary Institutions in Contemporary Politics, Borana Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia

Part 3

159Introduction to Part 3

8 161Powerʼs Ambiguity or the Political Significance of Gadaa

9 175Relativistic International Development and Its Potential for Implementing Self‑Determination in Ethiopia: Policy Recommendations

189Epilogue

In Praise of Oral Creativity

205References

1.1 Key Elements of the Political History of the Oromo

1.1.1 The Construction of Modern Ethiopia

1.1.2 Domestic Colonialism and the Decline of Gadaa

1.1.3 Ethno-national Conflicts in the Second Half of the 20th Century

1.1.4 The Oromo Diaspora and the Celebration of Gadaa as a Political Symbol

1.1.5 The 1991 Paradigm Change

1.1.6 The Post-meles Phase

1.2 The Revitalisation of the Gadaa Institution

1.3 Content of the Volume.

1.4 Modalities of Integration of Gadaa in Current Governance

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Generic Features of Council Organisation

1.3 Revaluating the Political Significance of Kinship

1.4 Gadaa as an Integrative Factor of Political Organisation

1.5 Other Borana Councils

1.6 A Few Observations

2.1 Structural Ethnocentrism and the Complexity Issue

2.2 The Borana 'Anomaly'

2.3 The Assembly Structure of the Borana

2.3.1 Clan Assemblies

2.3.2 The Yaa'a

2.3.3 The Gumii Gaayoo

2.3.4 Other Assemblies

2.4 The Rules of Decision-making

2.5 An Alternative to State Organisation?

2.6 Beyond the Tradition/Modernity Dichotomy

4.1 The Law of the Borana and the Law of the State

4.2 Borana Customary Law

4.3 The Patrilineal Family

4.4 Mother-children: Food Control

4.5 The Conjugal Family

4.5.1 Marriage

4.5.2 Lovers

4.5.3 Bridewealth

4.5.4 Divorce

4.5.5 Handhuraa

4.5.6 Birth Control

4.5.7 The Symbolic Relation Between Human and Cattle Reproduction

4.5.8 The Property of the Conjugal Family

4.6 The Extended Family

4.6.1 Resources Transmission

4.6.2 Virilocality and Levirate

4.6.3 Uxorilocality

4.6.4 A Note on Clanship

5.1 The System of Cattle Redistribution of the Borana

5.2 Social Context and Development Planning

6.1 The Borana, the Garri and the Gabra

6.2 From Diplomatic to Armed Confrontation

6.3 From Repatriation to the 1991-92 War

6.4 A New Wave of Returnees and the Somali Claim

6.5 Borana Land Tenure and Pastoral Practices

6.5.1 Rights in Wells

6.5.2 Division of the Herd

6.6 UNHCR/RRC Rehabilitation Plans

6.7 Replacing Traditional Rights

6.8 An Alternative Policy

7.1 Introduction

7.2 The Peoples of Borana District and Borana Zone

7.3 Administrative Demarcation Until 1991

7.4 The Demographic Politics of Space from 1991.

7.5 Two Types of Customary Institutions

7.6 Violence and Elections

7.7 Co-option of Elders and Customary Leaders

7.8 Conclusion

8.1 The Prevailing Model Within Oromo Studies

8.2 Assembly Organisation and Decision Making

8.2.1 Participation in Decision Making

8.2.2 The Rhetorical Use of the Juridical Sanctions

8.2.3 The General Assembly and the Legislative Process

8.3 The power of the gadaa officers and the Borana 'government'

8.4 Political Centre and Integration

8.5 Gada and Kingdoms: Two Alternative Political Philosophies

8.6 The Oromo Democracy

8.7 A Modern Oromo Polity

9.1 Strengthening Civil Society and Human Rights

9.2 Pastoralism

9.3 Small-holding Farmers

9.4 Customary governance

9.5 Special Case: Lower Omo Valley

9.6 Special Case: Internal Border Issue

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ISBN:

9788869698859

8869698858

OCLC:

1611789151