Ethiopia (Vol. 14, 2017)
In: Africa yearbook online: politics, economy and society south of the Sahara, Band 14
ISSN: 1872-9037
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In: Africa yearbook online: politics, economy and society south of the Sahara, Band 14
ISSN: 1872-9037
World Affairs Online
In: Africa yearbook online: politics, economy and society south of the Sahara, Band 14
ISSN: 1872-9037
World Affairs Online
In: The journal of modern African studies: a quarterly survey of politics, economics & related topics in contemporary Africa, Band 55, Heft 1, S. 171-173
ISSN: 1469-7777
In: Abbink , J 2017 , ' Paradoxes of electoral authoritarianism: the 2015 Ethiopian elections as hegemonic performance ' , Journal of Contemporary African Studies , vol. 35 , no. 3 , pp. 303-323 . https://doi.org/10.1080/02589001.2017.1324620
The 2015 elections in Ethiopia had a predictable outcome, showing an entrenched system of one-party dominance that self-referentially enacts the political order created by the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) since 1991. EPRDF spokespersons continued to defend the party's hegemony as inevitable, grounded in a logic of technocratic authority and with reference to 'stability' and 'development'. This paper describes the electoral process not in the light of democracy theory but of hegemonic governance theory. Elections seem to have lost relevance in Ethiopia as a means of political expression and are only important as a performance of hegemonic governance and as 'global impression management'–showing state skills in securing a smooth electoral process as a major organisational feat in itself. Contradictions that the political process creates between the Ethiopian party-state and domestic constituencies, and between the attitudes/policies of certain donor countries, are downplayed or avoided, but problematic in the long run.
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In: Africa yearbook online: politics, economy and society south of the Sahara, Band 13
ISSN: 1872-9037
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In: Africa yearbook online: politics, economy and society south of the Sahara, Band 13
ISSN: 1872-9037
World Affairs Online
In: Africa yearbook online: politics, economy and society south of the Sahara, Band 13
ISSN: 1872-9037
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In: Journal of contemporary African studies, Band 35, Heft 3, S. 303-323
ISSN: 1469-9397
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In: Aethiopica: international journal of Ethiopian and Eritrean studies, Band 18, S. 213-222
ISSN: 2194-4024
Obituary
In: Aethiopica: international journal of Ethiopian and Eritrean studies, Band 18, S. 286-289
ISSN: 2194-4024
Review
In: Africa yearbook online: politics, economy and society south of the Sahara, Band 12, S. 259-273
ISSN: 1872-9037
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In: Africa yearbook online: politics, economy and society south of the Sahara, Band 12, S. 306-318
ISSN: 1872-9037
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In: Africa yearbook online: politics, economy and society south of the Sahara, Band 12, S. 348-356
ISSN: 1872-9037
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In: The journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Band 21, Heft 3, S. 708-709
ISSN: 1467-9655
In: Journal of developing societies: a forum on issues of development and change in all societies, Band 31, Heft 3, S. 333-357
ISSN: 1745-2546
In this article, I reflect on the sociopolitical impact and memory construction of the Ethiopian revolution of 1974. Decades have passed and a new political leadership has reshaped Ethiopian society after the demise of the Ethiopian revolutionary regime in May 1991, but the effects are still felt. The violent political drama of the 1970s and 1980s redefined the Ethiopian political tradition and the practices of (political) violence in the light of new revolutionary ideologies, mainly imported from abroad. The post-1991 regime has shown a particular way of handling the aftermath of the 1974 events, but evinces a number of continuities with the ideologies and practices of that era – if only because all participants and current rulers were part of the same revolutionary (student) generation. The regime presently in power is thus partly a successor regime to the "socialist" regime, having started with largely a similar socioeconomic and Marxist-ideological program. At least in one central aspect, the two regimes differ: in their practical response to the "nationalities question." The handling of this issue after 1991 by the current regime of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front – Tigray Peoples Liberation Front (EPRDF-TPLF) has confirmed that today we in fact may see "Plan B" of the 1974 revolution being consolidated. We analyze the two strains of the Ethiopian revolution and comment on the how and why of their different paths since 1974.