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Ethnicity, Democratisation and Decentralization in Ethiopia: The Case of Oromia
Abstract
The 20th century has been shaped by class and national struggles intended to end the asymmetrical relations that arose in the historical process of the creation of the multi-ethnic polity of Ethiopia. This study explores and assesses the democratization and decentralization experiment in Ethiopia. It focuses on the Oromia region, which is the country's largest region as well as housing its single largest ethnic group. It describes the demand of the Oromo people for self-rule and democratic governance on the one hand, and the promises made on paper by the government in power, on the other. It concludes that the Oromia region is a classical case in terms of the degree of failure of the regime's policies on the national question and the continued struggle for real autonomy and democracy on the part of the local population.
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“Ethiopia possesses over 80 ethnic-national groups and is recognized as one of the en highly centralized and dominated by a single identity until the late 20 th century (Gudina, 2007).”
From The Paradox of Ethiopia's Underdevelopment: Endogenous Factors in Retrospect (2021) · cites this paper as Gudina, 2007
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“Nowadays, the Ethiopian population is highly divided and even they do not have common ground on the national emblem and flag -leave alone on the philosophy of development (Gudina, 2007;Lorch, 1995;Poluha & Feleke, 2016).”
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The Paradox of Ethiopia's Underdevelopment: Endogenous Factors in Retrospect
Senbeta, F. (2021) · PanAfrican Journal of Governance and Development (PJGD) · doi:10.46404/panjogov.v2i1.2907 · Cited by 3
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- Authors
- Gudina., M.
- Venue
- Eastern Africa Social Science Research Review
- Publisher
- Project MUSE
- Published
- 2007-01
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 81-106
- ISSN
- 1027-1775 (ISSN-L)
- 1684-4173
- OpenAlex
- W2165256180
- Cited by
- 57
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 20 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 2 · 2015: 2 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 4.14
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Eastern Africa social science research review (publishedVersion)
- Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › African history and culture analysis
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Political Systems and Governance
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › African Studies and Ethnography
- Keywords
- democratization, decentralization, Oromia, Oromo, ethnicity, self-government, regional autonomy, national question, democratic governance, Ethiopian federalism, ethnic conflict
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