Transformation And Continuity In Revolutionary Ethiopia C Clapham

Author : Christopher Clapham
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1988-06-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0521334411

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Transformation and Continuity in Revolutionary Ethiopia by Christopher Clapham Pdf

This pioneering study was first published in 1988. It examines the effects of revolution on one of Africa's largest states. Christopher Clapham traces the continuities between revolutionary Ethiopia and the development of a centralised Ethiopian state since the nineteenth century, emphasising the institutionalisation of the revolutionary regime since 1978. He pays particular attention to the establishment of a Leninist political party and its associated mass organisations, the new apparatus of physical and economic control, and - critically important in Ethiopia - the effects of revolution on agricultural production. He also assesses the impact of revolution on national integration and regional conflict, and the reversal of Ethiopia's international alignment through alliance with the socialist states. A postscript to the paperback edition outlines events in Ethiopia between 1987 and 1990.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1037123228

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Transformation and Continuity in Revolutionary Ethiopia : C Clapham by Anonim Pdf

Author : Christopher Clapham
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1990-10-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0521396506

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Transformation and Continuity in Revolutionary Ethiopia by Christopher Clapham Pdf

This 1988 text traces the continuities between revolutionary Ethiopia and the development of a centralised Ethiopian state since the nineteenth century.

Author : Christopher Clapham
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2023-06-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780197754672

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The Horn of Africa by Christopher Clapham Pdf

Why is the Horn such a distinctive part of Africa? This book, by one of the foremost scholars of the region, traces this question through its exceptional history and also probes the wildly divergent fates of the Horn's contemporary nation-states, despite the striking regional particularity inherited from the colonial past. Christopher Clapham explores how the Horn's peculiar topography gave rise to the Ethiopian empire, the sole African state not only to survive European colonialism, but also to participate in a colonial enterprise of its own. Its impact on its neighbours, present-day Djibouti, Eritrea, Somalia and Somaliland, created a region very different from that of post-colonial Africa. This dynamic has become all the more distinct since 1991, when Eritrea and Somaliland emerged from the break-up of both Ethiopia and Somalia. Yet this evolution has produced highly varied outcomes in the region's constituent countries, from state collapse (and deeply flawed reconstruction) in Somalia, through militarised isolation in Eritrea, to a still fragile 'developmental state' in Ethiopia. The tensions implicit in the process of state formation now drive the relationships between the once historically close nations of the Horn.

Author : Andargachew Tiruneh
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1993-04-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521430821

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The Ethiopian Revolution 1974-1987 by Andargachew Tiruneh Pdf

This book is a comprehensive account of the Ethiopian revolution, dealing with the entire span of the revolutionary government's life. Particular emphasis is placed on effectively isolating and articulating the causes and outcomes of the revolution. The author traces the revolution's roots in the weaknesses of the autocratic regime of Haile Selassie, examines the formative years of the revolution in the mid-seventies, when the ideology of scientific socialism was espoused by the ruling military council, and finally charts the consolidation of Mengistu Haile Miriam's power from 1977 to the adoption of a new constitution in 1987. In examining these events, Dr Tiruneh makes extensive use of primary sources written in the national official language. He was also the first Ethiopian nation to write a book on this subject. This book is thus a unique account of a fascinating period, capturing the mood of the revolution as never before, yet firmly grounded in scholarship.

Author : Martin Plaut,Sarah Vaughan
Publisher : Hurst Publishers
Page : 509 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2023-02-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781805260639

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Understanding Ethiopia’s Tigray War by Martin Plaut,Sarah Vaughan Pdf

The war in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray began in November 2020. It inflicted more casualties than any other contemporary conflict in the world. It has also been among the least understood. The fighting and accompanying blockade led to an estimated 600,000 deaths – more than the number who died in the 1984-5 famine. International journalists were banned as the region was sealed off from the outside world by Ethiopian and Eritrean governments prosecuting a strategy designed to crush Tigray at almost any cost. Hatred of Tigrayans was stoked by senior advisers to Ethiopia’s Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed: they have called Tigrayans ‘weeds’ who must be uprooted, their place in history extinguished. Their language was reminiscent of that which preceded the genocide in Rwanda. The war was also orchestrated by Eritrea’s President Isaias Afwerki, who came to wield increasing influence over Ethiopian affairs. It drew in Somali troops as well as Eritrean forces. Peace agreements signed in November 2022 ended the worst of the violence, but without resolving the war’s underlying drivers, which continue to feed a tense and uncertain situation. This book provides the first clear explanation of the factors that led to the conflict, unravelling their roots in Ethiopia’s long and complex history. It describes the battles that were fought at such terrible cost and the immense suffering, particularly of women, who were brutally abused.

Author : Brian Brivati,Julia Buxton,Anthony Seldon
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : History, Modern
ISBN : 0719048362

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The Contemporary History Handbook by Brian Brivati,Julia Buxton,Anthony Seldon Pdf

This guide should be useful to those studying and researching modern history. International and up to date, it covers sources and controversies in the subject area and includes a section of useful addresses. The volume is divided into three main sections which together comprise a reference work for contemporary historians.

Author : Edmond Joseph Keller
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015014444619

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Revolutionary Ethiopia by Edmond Joseph Keller Pdf

Revolutionary Ethiopia is the first comprehensive survey and analysis of the historical roots, development, and results of the Ethiopian revolution of September 1974, which ended the forty-four-year rule of Emperor Haile Selassie.

Author : Christophe van der Beken
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783643901729

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Unity in Diversity by Christophe van der Beken Pdf

This book argues that the development of federalism in Ethiopia fits in with a global trend towards increased attention to ethnic minority rights and to federalism as a mechanism for ethnic conflict prevention and management. The Ethiopian federation is designed as a framework within which the Ethiopian ethnic groups can protect their rights and within which they are stimulated to develop a cooperative relationship. To put it differently, the constitutional objective of the federal structure is the creation of 'unity in diversity.' The book evaluates the capacity of Ethiopian federalism to achieve this objective by investigating the relevant historical, political, and legal aspects. (Series: Recht und Politik in Afrika/Law and Politics in Africa - Vol. 10)

Author : Christopher Clapham
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2023-03-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1787389650

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The Horn of Africa by Christopher Clapham Pdf

Why is the Horn such a distinctive part of Africa? This book, by one of the foremost scholars of the region, traces this question through its exceptional history and also probes the wildly divergent fates of the Horn's contemporary nation-states, despite the striking regional particularity inherited from the colonial past. Christopher Clapham explores how the Horn's peculiar topography gave rise to the Ethiopian empire, the sole African state not only to survive European colonialism, but also to participate in a colonial enterprise of its own. Its impact on its neighbours, present-day Djibouti, Eritrea, Somalia and Somaliland, created a region very different from that of post-colonial Africa. This dynamic has become all the more distinct since 1991, when Eritrea and Somaliland emerged from the break-up of both Ethiopia and Somalia. Yet this evolution has produced highly varied outcomes in the region's constituent countries, from state collapse (and deeply flawed reconstruction) in Somalia, through militarised isolation in Eritrea, to a still fragile 'developmental state' in Ethiopia. The tensions implicit in the process of state formation now drive the relationships between the once historically close nations of the Horn.

Author : David Priestland
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Page : 567 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780802189790

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The Red Flag by David Priestland Pdf

“The best and the most accessible one-volume history of communism now available . . . A far-reaching, vividly written account.” —Foreign Affairs In The Red Flag, Oxford professor David Priestland tells the epic story of a movement that has taken root in dozens of countries across two hundred years, from its birth after the French Revolution to its ideological maturity in nineteenth-century Germany to its rise to dominance (and subsequent fall) in the twentieth century. Beginning with the first modern Communists in the age of Robespierre, Priestland examines the motives of thinkers and leaders including Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin, Castro, Che Guevara, Mao, Ho Chi Minh, Gorbachev, and many others. Priestland also shows how Communism, in all its varieties, appealed to different societies for different reasons, in some as a response to inequalities and in others more out of a desire to catch up with the West. But paradoxically, while destroying one web of inequality, Communist leaders were simultaneously weaving another. It was this dynamic, together with widespread economic failure and an escalating loss of faith in the system, that ultimately destroyed Soviet Communism itself. At a time when global capitalism is in crisis and powerful new political forces have arisen to confront Western democracy, The Red Flag is essential reading if we are to apply the lessons of the past to navigating the future. “Detailed and scholarly but written in lively prose, this is a rich, satisfying account of the most successful utopian political movement in history.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review

Author : Jean-Nicolas Bach
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 776 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2022-03-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429762536

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Routledge Handbook of the Horn of Africa by Jean-Nicolas Bach Pdf

The Routledge Handbook of the Horn of Africa provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary survey of contemporary research related to the Horn of Africa. Situated at the junction of the Sahel-Saharan strip and the Arabian Peninsula, the Horn of Africa is growing in global importance due to demographic growth and the strategic importance of the Suez Canal. Divided into sections on authoritarianism and resistance, religion and politics, migration, economic integration, the military, and regimes and liberation, the contributors provide up-to-date, authoritative knowledge on the region in light of contemporary strategic concerns. The handbook investigates how political, economic, and security innovations have been implemented, sometimes with violence, by use of force or by negotiation – including ‘ethnic federalism’ in Ethiopia, independence in Eritrea and South Sudan, integration of the traditional authorities in the (neo)patrimonial administrations, Somalian Islamic Courts, the Sudanese Islamist regime, people’s movements, multilateral operations, and the construction of an architecture for regional peace and security. Accessibly written, this handbook is an essential read for scholars, students, and policy professionals interested in the contemporary politics in the Horn of Africa.

Author : D. A. Low
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : 0521567653

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The Egalitarian Moment by D. A. Low Pdf

An account of the unsuccessful attempts in Asia and Africa to create egalitarian rural societies.

Author : John Iliffe
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107198326

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Africans by John Iliffe Pdf

An updated and comprehensive single-volume history covering all periods from human origins to contemporary African situations.

Author : Edalina Rodrigues Sanches
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2022-02-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000569100

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Popular Protest, Political Opportunities, and Change in Africa by Edalina Rodrigues Sanches Pdf

This book offers a fresh analysis of third wave popular protests in Africa, shedding light on the complex dynamics between political change and continuity in contemporary Africa. The book argues that protests are simultaneously products and generators of change in that they are triggered by micro-and-macrosocial changes, but they also have the capacity to transform the nature of politics. By examining the triggers, actors, political opportunities, resources and framing strategies, the contributors shed light onto tangible (e.g. policy implementation, liberal reforms, political alternation) and intangible (e.g. perceptions, imagination, awareness) forms of change elicited by protests. It reveals the relevant role of African protests as engines of democracy, accountability and collective knowledge. Bringing popular protests in authoritarian and democratic settings into discussion, this book will be of interest to scholars of African politics, democracy and protest movements.