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Understanding contemporary Ethiopia / GeÌrard Prunier, EÌloi Ficquet (editors).

Contributor(s): Publisher: London : Hurst & Company, 2015Description: xv, 521 pages : maps ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781849042611 (pbk.)
Other title:
  • Subtitle on cover: Monarchy, revolution and the legacy of Meles Zenawi
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 963.07/21 23
LOC classification:
  • DT388 .U53 2015
Contents:
Ethiopians in the Twenty-First Century: The Structure and Transformation of the Population / EÌloi Ficquet and Dereje Feyissa -- The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (EOTC) and the Challenges of Modernity / SteÌphane Ancel and EÌloi Ficquet -- The Ethiopian Muslims: Historical Processes and Ongoing Controversies / EÌloi Ficquet -- Go Pente! The Charismatic Renewal of the Evangelical Movement in Ethiopia / Emanuele Fantini -- From Pan-Africanism to Rastafari: African American and Caribbean 'Returns' to Ethiopia / Giulia Bonacci -- Monarchical Restoration and Territorial Expansion: The Ethiopian State in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century / Shiferaw Bekele -- The Era of Haile Selassie / Christopher Clapham -- The Ethiopian Revolution and the Derg Regime / GeÌrard Prunier -- The Eritrean Question / GeÌrard Prunier -- The Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) / Medhane Tadesse -- Federalism, Revolutionary Democracy and the Developmental State, 1991-2012 / Sarah Vaughan -- Elections and Politics in Ethiopia, 2005-2010 / Patrick Gilkes -- Making Sense of Ethiopia's Regional Influence / Medhane Tadesse -- The Ethiopian Economy: The Developmental State vs. the Free Market / ReneÌ Lefort -- Addis Ababa and the Urban Renewal in Ethiopia / Perrine Duroyaume -- The Meles Zenawi Era: From Revolutionary Marxism to State Developmentalism / GeÌrard Prunier.
Summary: "Seeks to dispel the myths and clicheÌs surrounding contemporary perceptions of Ethiopia by providing a rare overview of the country's recent history, politics and culture. Explores the unique features of this often misrepresented country as it strives to make itself heard in the modern world"-- Publisher description.
Holdings
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Book Book NMC Library Stacks DT388 .U53 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001387991

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ethiopians in the Twenty-First Century: The Structure and Transformation of the Population / EÌloi Ficquet and Dereje Feyissa -- The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (EOTC) and the Challenges of Modernity / SteÌphane Ancel and EÌloi Ficquet -- The Ethiopian Muslims: Historical Processes and Ongoing Controversies / EÌloi Ficquet -- Go Pente! The Charismatic Renewal of the Evangelical Movement in Ethiopia / Emanuele Fantini -- From Pan-Africanism to Rastafari: African American and Caribbean 'Returns' to Ethiopia / Giulia Bonacci -- Monarchical Restoration and Territorial Expansion: The Ethiopian State in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century / Shiferaw Bekele -- The Era of Haile Selassie / Christopher Clapham -- The Ethiopian Revolution and the Derg Regime / GeÌrard Prunier -- The Eritrean Question / GeÌrard Prunier -- The Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) / Medhane Tadesse -- Federalism, Revolutionary Democracy and the Developmental State, 1991-2012 / Sarah Vaughan -- Elections and Politics in Ethiopia, 2005-2010 / Patrick Gilkes -- Making Sense of Ethiopia's Regional Influence / Medhane Tadesse -- The Ethiopian Economy: The Developmental State vs. the Free Market / ReneÌ Lefort -- Addis Ababa and the Urban Renewal in Ethiopia / Perrine Duroyaume -- The Meles Zenawi Era: From Revolutionary Marxism to State Developmentalism / GeÌrard Prunier.

"Seeks to dispel the myths and clicheÌs surrounding contemporary perceptions of Ethiopia by providing a rare overview of the country's recent history, politics and culture. Explores the unique features of this often misrepresented country as it strives to make itself heard in the modern world"-- Publisher description.

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