Ethiopia:

مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Ethiopia: "
Christophe Van der Beken

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1063990
Doc. No	:	LA107619
Call No	:	‭10.1163/2031356X-0200102003‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Christophe Van der Beken
Title & Author	:	Ethiopia: [Article] : From a Centralised Monarchy to a Federal Republic\ Christophe Van der Beken
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Afrika Focus
Date	:	2007
Volume/ Issue Number	:	20/1-2
Page No	:	13–48
Abstract	:	Ethiopia: From a Centralised Monarchy to a Federal Republic Although the Ethiopian state traces its roots back to the empire of Axum in the first centuries AD, the modern Ethiopian state took shape in the second half of the 19th century. During that period the territory of the Ethiopian empire expanded considerably. Several ethnic groups were incorporated into the empire and the foundations for a strong, centralised state were laid Centralisation of authority in the hands of the emperor and a strategy of nation building that denied the ethnic diversity of Ethiopian society characterised the rule of Emperor Haile Selassie. At the same time, these elements contributed to its decline. Haile Selassie was ultimately deposed by a military committee in 1974. This announced the end of the Ethiopian monarchy and the transformation of the Ethiopian state, following the Marxist model. In spite of Marxist-Leninist attention to the 'nationalities issue', Ethiopia remained a centralised state, dominated by one ethnic identity. This gave rise to increasing resistance from various regional and ethnic liberation movements. The combined effort of these movements caused the fall of military rule in May 1991. The new regime, which was dominated by ethnically organised parties, initiated a radical transformation of the Ethiopian state structure that leads to the establishment of a federation in 1995.
Descriptor	:	African Studies
Descriptor	:	Constitutional Development
Descriptor	:	Ethiopia
Descriptor	:	General
Descriptor	:	Political Development
Descriptor	:	Social Sciences
Descriptor	:	State Structure
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/2031356X-0200102003‬