1st Edition

Ethiopia in Transit Millennial Quest for Stability and Continuity

Edited By Pietro Toggia, Abebe Zegeye Copyright 2011
228 Pages
by Routledge

228 Pages
by Routledge

232 Pages
by Routledge

The writings in this edition explore historical and contemporary issues in Ethiopia as the country underwent change and celebrated its new millennium. However, despite the recognizance of socio-economic and political changes, Ethiopia still faces enduring problems and challenges to its stability and continuity. The political past haunts the country while it is facing the future with optimism and... Read more

1. Editorial note - Pietro Toggia, Melakou Tegegn and Abebe Zegeye

2. History writing as a state ideological project in Ethiopia - Pietro Toggia

3. Modernity, Eurocentrism, and radical politics in Ethiopia, 1961-1991 - Teshale Tibebu

4. The Beta Israel and the impossible return - Abebe Zegeye

5. Who is Amhara? - Mackonen Michael

6. A new discourse on ‘gender’ in Ethiopia - Indrawatie Biseswar

7. An investigation into the maintenance of the Maale language in Ethiopia - Lawrie Barnes and Kobus van Aswegen

8. The EPRDF vis-a`-vis Ethiopia’s development challenges - Melakou Tegegn

9. A retrospective observation of Elias Sime - Meskerem Assegued

10. Situated neoliberalism and urban crisis in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Fassil Demissie

Biography

Pietro Toggia, Ph. D., Professor, Department of Criminal Justice, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania.

Melakou Tegegn, Ph. D., Independent Researcher.

Abebe Zegeye, Ph. D., Director/Professor, Hawke Research Institute, University of South Australia.