Ethiopia: Democracy, Devolution of Power, and The Developmental State

From the mid-nineteenth century to the present, Ethiopian society has been in a state of major transition. The author thoroughly examines the history, politics, economics, and sociology of ancient and contemporary Ethiopian society. "Ethiopia: The Political Economy of Transition" also systematically documents the recent Ethiopian experience as it unfolded from the 1974 revolution to the present. Without prejudice to any political group that was involved in the revolution, the book analyzes the role of political actors in the mass uprising. Contents: The Political Economy of Ethiopia: 1855-1916; Haile Selassie's Government and the Ethiopian Student Movement; The Anatomy of the Spontaneous Revolutionary Upsurge; The Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Party (EPERP) and the Ethiopian Left; The Question of Nationalities in a Historical Ethiopian Context; Ethiopian Transition Under the Messenger of Change; The Political Economy of Transition After Derg; Index.