ISBN:
1-56902-120-1
,
1-56902-121-X
Language:
English
Pages:
xxiv, 270 Seiten
Edition:
First printing
Keywords:
Äthiopien Oromo
;
Politischer Wandel
;
Geschichte
;
Demokratisierung
;
Befreiungsbewegung
;
Dekolonisation
;
Integration
Abstract:
This work traces the evolution of the modern Ethiopian State and its consolidation under the last three successive regimes. Leenco Lata critically assesses the Transitional Period of the post-Dergue era between the July 1991 Conference, which ratified the Transitional Charter and the formation of the Transition Government of Ethiopia, and August 21, 1995, when the new Federal Constitution of Ethiopia was ratified. The author argues that the overthrow of the Dergue regime and the adoption of a democratic agenda in July 1991 was an important historical juncture that afforded Ethiopia the opportunity to make a clean break with her imperial and autocratic past. As the deputy Secretary General of the Oromo Liberation Front, one of the major organizations to participate in the July 1991 Conference, Leenco Lata was deeply involved in the task of drawing up Ethiopia's post-Dergue political structure and the arduous task of conceptualizing the undertaking to democratize Ethiopia and make it a viable operational state. This book is a detailed firsthand account of how "this latest opportunity to decolonize and democratize the Ethiopian State ended in a disappointing failure." Furthermore, the factors that favored or stood in the way of effecting a genuine transition to democracy are also catalogued and discussed. In particular, the US-led international community's influence, the key factor that could have kept the democratization process on track, is analyzed. In the final section, the author presents his recipe for change: The Ethiopian state must be further decentralized, decolonized and democratized if it is to escape the harrowing consequences of disintegration.
Description / Table of Contents:
Part I The Many Faces of Ethiopia's Transition to Democracy; Part II The Nature of the Liberation Fronts: A Major Obstacle to the Democratization Pact; Part III Putting the Transition in an Historical Perspective; Part IV Whither Ethiopia?; Appendix Transitional Period Charter of Ethiopia, Bibliography, Index
Note:
LIteraturverzeichnis: Seite 263-266
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