Exploring the cases of India and Ethiopia, this article develops the concept of “extreme
speech” to critically analyze the cultures of vitriolic exchange on Internet-enabled media …

This article assesses political developments in Ethiopia after its 2005 federal and regional
watershed elections. Although an unprecedented liberalisation took place ahead of the …

Eighteen years after the change of power and the ushering in of the second Ethiopian
republic in 1991, the political process in Ethiopia has, according to most observers, rigidified …

ETHIOPIA CARRIED OUT LOCAL ELECTIONS FOR NEIGHBOURHOOD (kebele) and
county (woreda) assemblies on 13 and 20 April 2008, respectively. 1 By law, these elections …

Northeast Africa has one of the richest histories in the world, and yet also one of the most
violent. Richard Reid offers an historical analysis of violent conflict in northeast Africa …

In the light of globally resurging authoritarianism, this paper investigates how Ethiopia's prior
ruling party Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front governed teachers to …

This article examines socio-political developments in Ethiopia after the death of Meles
Zenawi with regard to the Oromo question and discusses the consequences and context of …

The 'non-electoral context'of elections is often overlooked in democratisation studies, in
order not to obscure an otherwise clear model or theory of transition. A key challenge for …

This book investigates the role of ethnic federalism in Ethiopian politics, reflecting on a long
history of division amongst the country's political elites. The book argues that these patterns …

Following a successful armed resistance against a dictatorial state regime, a new
government of former rebels took control of the national state in Ethiopia in 1991. Prompted …