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Making citizens in Africa : ethnicity, gender, and national identity in Ethiopia / Lahra Smith

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013

1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 252 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Englisch

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)

978-1-139-54746-8 ( : ebook)

978-1-107-03531-7 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-1-107-61038-5 (ISBN der parallelen Ausgabe)

OCoLC: 885221050     

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang über Resolving-System (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.1017/CBO9781139547468

LB 39541      Ähnliche Literatur

JQ3767.A2

323.60963

LOC-SH: Language policy -- Ethiopia ; Ethiopia -- Politics and government -- 1991- ; National characteristics, Ethiopian ; Political participation -- Social aspects -- Ethiopia ; Citizenship -- Social aspects -- Ethiopia

Citizenship ; Social aspects ; Ethiopia ; Political participation ; Social aspects ; Ethiopia ; Language policy ; Ethiopia ; Ethiopia ; Politics and government ; 1991- ; National characteristics, Ethiopian

Smith argues that citizenship creation and expansion is a pivotal part of political contestation in Africa today. Citizenship is a powerful analytical tool to approach political life in contemporary Africa because the institutional and structural reforms of the past two decades have been inextricably linked with the battle over the 'right to have rights'. Professor Lahra Smith's work advances the notion of meaningful citizenship, referring to the ways in which rights are exercised, or the effective practice of citizenship. Using data from Ethiopia and developing a historically informed study of language policy, ethnicity and gender identities, Smith analyzes the contestation over citizenship that engages the state, social movements and individuals in substantive ways. By combining original data on language policy in contemporary Ethiopia with detailed historical study and a focus on ethnicity, citizenship and gender, this work brings a fresh approach to Ethiopian political development and contemporary citizenship concerns across Africa

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Machine generated contents note: Introduction; Part I. The Challenge: Unequal Citizenship: 1. Comparative perspectives on citizen-creation in Africa; 2. The historical context for modern Ethiopian citizenship; Part II. The Response: The State and Its Citizens: 3. Popular responses to unequal citizenship; 4. A referendum on ethnic identity and the claims of citizenship; 5. No going back on self-determination for the Oromo; 6. Ethiopian women and citizenship rights deferred; Conclusion