Ideology and elite conflicts
Subtitle: autopsy of the Ethiopian revolution
By: Messay Kebede
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9780739137963
Subjects: Politics and government; Elite (Social sciences); Socialism; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Controversies over the nature of the Ethiopian social change; title: Theories of revolution and the Ethiopian discrepancies; title: Ideology and power struggle; title: Subjective conditions of social revolutions; title: The ideological origins of Haile Selassie's regime; title: Sociopolitical origins of Haile Selassie's regime; title: The politics of cooptation: strengths and weaknesses; title: Social blockage and rising discontent; title: The Ethiopian military and the formation of the Derg; title: Disputes over the radicalization of the Derg; title: Power struggle and radicalization; title: Conflicts for power and the rise of Mengistu Haile Mariam; title: Narcissism and revolution; title: Ethnonationalism and political competition; title: The fall of Mengistu and the Derg; title: Why social revolutions fail?; title: Philosophical extensions.