Ethiopia since the Derg
Subtitle: a decade of democratic pretension and performance
By: edited by Siegfried Pausewang, Kjetil Tronvoll, Lovise Aalen ; [with a preface by Christopher Clapham].
Contributors: Pausewang, Siegfried.; Tronvoll, Kjetil.; Aalen, Lovise.
Publisher: Zed Books; distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave
Published: 2002
Place of publication: London; New York; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
Subjects: Ethiopia. -- YaGizéyāwi watādarāwi ʾastadadār darg; YaʾItyopyā hezboč ʾabeyotāwi démokrāsiyāwi genbār; Democratization -- Ethiopia; Ethiopia -- Politics and government -- 1991-
Description: "The Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) came to power after defeating the hated military dictatorship of Mengistu's Derg a decade ago. This book is the result of an intensive monitoring over the intervening years, in various parts of Ethiopia, of the growing gap between the new regime's much-vaunted democratic intentions and the very different outcome." "It focuses in particular on the elections held in 2000 and 2001, but also provides a more wide-ranging presentation of issues and context. The contributors examine various aspects, including gender dimensions, urban and rural contrasts, class and caste conflict, environmental factors, and political violence."--BOOK JACKET
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-248) and index.
Table of contents: title: Democratisation in Ethiopia -- Siegfried Pausewang, Kjetil Tronvoll and Lovise Aalen; title: Process of democratisation or control? -- Siegfried Pausewang, Kjetil Tronvoll and Lovise Aalen; title: 'Women are not corrupt' -- Marta Camilla Wright; title: Prospects for democracy, agro-ecology and civil society -- James M. McCann; title: Expressions of control, fear and devotion -- Lovise Aalen; title: Dutiful voters and non-participants -- Charles G.H. Schaefer; title: Population resisting local control and intimidation? -- Siegfried Pausewang; title: Political apathy and class/caste conflict -- Kjell Solberg; title: Political repression and resistance -- Kjetil Tronvoll; title: Blighting the seeds of democracy -- Lovise Aalen and Siegfried Pausewang; title: Shattered promises and hopes -- Siegfried Pausewang and Lovise Aalen; title: Conclusion : democracy unfulfilled?-- Siegfried Pausewang, Kjetil Tronvoll and Lovise Aalen.