| The              Library of Congress>>Especially              for Researchers>>Research              Centers   Home >> Country             Studies >> EthiopiaFindinFederal Research                      Division PagesResearchers                      Web PagesAll Library of Congress PagesA Country Study: Ethiopia- Ethiopia  AcknowledgmentsPreface
- Country                       Profile    - Country  GeographySociety
- Economy  Transportation                           and Communications=                         Government                           and Politics
- National                           Security   Introduction- Chapter                       1 - Historical Setting    - Origins                           and the Early Periods      - Early                               Populations and Neighboring States  The                               Aksumite StateEthiopia                               and the Early Islamic Period
- The                               Zagwe Dynasty  The                               "Restoration" of the "Solomonic" LineAmhara                               Ascendancy
- The                           Trials of the Christian Kingdom and the Decline of Imperial                           Power    - Growth                               of Regional Muslim States  Oromo                               Migrations and Their ImpactContact                               with European Christendom
- The                           Making of Modern Ethiopia    - The                               Reestablishment of the Ethiopian Monarchy  From                               Tewodros II to Menelik II, 1855-89The                               Reign of Menelik II, 1889-1913
- The                               Interregnum  Haile                               Selassie: The Prewar Period, 1930-36Italian                           Rule and World War II
Italian                               Administration in Eritrea
- Mussolini's                               Invasion and the Italian Occupation  Ethiopia                               in World War IIThe                           Postwar Period, 1945-60: Reform and Opposition
Change                               and Resistance
- Administrative                               Change and the 1955 Constitution  The                               Attempted Coup of 1960 and Its AftermathGrowth                           of Secessionist Threats
The                               Liberation Struggle in Eritrea
- Discontent                               in Tigray  The                               Ogaden and the HaudRevolution                           and Military Government
Background                               to Revolution, 1960-74
- The                               Establishment of the Derg  The                               Struggle for Power, 1974-77Ethiopia's                               Road to Socialism
- The                           Mengistu Regime and Its Impact    - Political                               Struggles Within the Government  War                               in the Ogaden and the Turn to the Soviet UnionEritrean                               and Tigrayan Insurgencies
- Social                               and Political Changes   Ethiopia                           in Crisis: Famine and Its Aftermath,1984-88- Famine                               and Economic Collapse  Government                               Defeats in Eritrea and TigrayThe                               People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
- Changes                               in Soviet Policy and New International Horizons       - Chapter                       2 - The Society and Its Environment      - Physical                           Setting        - Boundaries:                               International and Administrative  Topography                               and DrainageClimate
- Population    - Size,                               Distribution, and Growth  UrbanizationResettlement                               and Villagization
- Refugees,                           Drought, and Famine  Ethiopia's                           Peoples- Ethnic                               Groups, Ethnicity, and Language    - Ethio-Semitic                                   Language Groups  Cushitic                                   Language GroupsOmotic                                   Language Groups
- Nilo-Saharan                                   Language Groups  Occupational                                   CastesEthnic                               and Social Relations
Interethnic                                   Relations
- Social                                   Relations    Social                           System- Rural                               Society  Urban                               SocietyThe                               Role of Women
- Religious                           Life    - Demography                               and Geography of Religious Affiliation  Ethiopian                               Orthodox Christianity- Organization                                   of the Church and the Clergy  Faith                                   and PracticeIslam
Basic                                   Teachings of Islam
- Local                                   Character of Belief and Practice   Indigenous                               ReligionsForeign                               Missions
- Education    - Education                               During Imperial Rule  Primary                               and Secondary Education since 1975Higher                               and Vocational Education since 1975
- Literacy  Foreign                               Educational AssistanceHealth                           and Welfare
Chapter                       3 - The Economy
Growth                           and Structure of the Economy
Developments                               up to l974
- Postrevolution                               Period   Role                           of Government- The                               Budgetary Process  Revenue                               and ExpendituresBanking                               and Monetary Policy
- Labor                           Force    - Unemployment  Labor                               UnionsWages                               and Prices
- Agriculture    - Land                               Use and Land Reform      - Land                                   Use  Land                                   ReformGovernment                               Rural Programs
Peasant                                   Associations and Rural Devlopment
- Cooperatives                                   and State Farms  Resettlement                                   and VillagizationAgricultural                               Production
Major                                   Cash Crops
- Major                                   Staple Crops  LivestockFishing
- Forestry  Government                                   Marketing OperationsIndustry                           and Energy
Manufacturing
- Industrial                               Development Policy  Energy                               ResourcesMining
- Transportation                           and Telecommunications    - Roads  RailroadsPorts
- Air                               Transport  TelecommunicationsForeign                           Trade
Exports
- Imports  Balance                               of Payments and Foreign AssistanceEconomic                           Prospects
Chapter                       4 - Government and Politics
The                           Workers' Party of Ethiopia
Toward                               Party Formation
- The                               Vanguard Party   The                           1987 Constitution- The                               Social Order  Citizenship,                               Freedoms, Rights, and DutiesNational                               Shengo (National Assembly)
- Council                               of State  The                               PresidentCouncil                               of Ministers
- Judicial                               System   Regional                           and Local Government- Regional                               Administration  Peasant                               AssociationsKebeles
- Civil                           Service  The                           Politics of Development- The                               Politics of Drought and Famine  The                               Politics of ResettlementThe                               Politics of Villagization
- Political                           Dynamics    - Political                               Participation and Repression  The                               Eritrean Movement- Eritrea                                   and the Imperial Regime  Eritrea                                   and the Mengistu RegimeThe                               Tigrayan Movement
- Other                               Movements and Fronts    - Oromo                                   Groups  Afar                                   GroupsSomali                                   Groups
- Leftist                                   Groups   Regime                               Stability and Peace NegotiationsMass                           Media
- Foreign                           Policy    - Diplomacy                               and State Building in Imperial Ethiopia  The                               Foreign Policy of the DergThe                               Derg, the Soviet Union, and the Communist World
- The                               Derg and the West  Ethiopia's                               Border PoliticsAddis                               Ababa and the Middle East
- The                           Demise of the Military Government      - Chapter                       5 - National Security      - Military                           Tradition in National Life  The                           Armed Forces- The                               1987 Constitution and the Armed Forces  Command                               and Force StructureArmy
- Air                               Force  NavyPeople's                               Militia
- Training  Morale                               and DisciplineManpower                               Considerations
- Defense                               Costs   Foreign                           Military Assistance- United                               States  Soviet                               UnionCuba
- East                               Germany  North                               KoreaIsrael
- External                           and Internal Opponents    - The                               Eritreans  The                               TigrayThe                               Oromo
- The                               Somali   Public                           Order and Internal Security- The                               National Police  People's                               Protection BrigadesCrime                           and Punishment
The                               Legal System
- Prisons   Human                           Rights- Appendix. Tables    BibliographyGlossary

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