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Age-systems as political instruments. Designed to counter-balance
the conventional emphasis on religious and ritual functions, this
collection of papers re-evaluates the political aspect of age
systems in the context of national politics, civil and regional
wars. North America: Ohio U Press
A sequel to The Southern Marches of Imperial Ethiopia. This new
volume examines the major changes effected by the socialist regime
from the revolution of 1974 to its overthrow in 1991, and then into
the current period which has been marked by moves towards local
democracy and political devolution. North America: Ohio U Press;
Ethiopia: Addis Ababa U Press
Governance everywhere is concerned with spatial relationships.
Modern states "map" local communities, making them legible for the
purposes of control. Ethiopia has gone through several stages of
"mapping" in its imperial, revolutionary, and postrevolutionary
phases. In 1986 The Southern Marches of Imperial Ethiopia, a
cross-disciplinary collection edited by Don Donham and Wendy James,
opened up the study of center/periphery relations in the Ethiopian
empire until the fall of the monarchy in 1974. This new volume
examines similar themes, taking the story forward through the major
changes effected by the socialist regime from the revolution of
1974 to its overthrow in 1991, and then into the current period
that has been marked by moves toward local democracy and political
devolution. Topics include the changing fortunes of new and
historic towns and cities, the impact of the Mengistu regime's
policies of villagization and resettlement, local aspects of the
struggle against Mengistu and its aftermath, and the fate of border
regions. Special attention is given to developments since 1991: to
new local institutions and forms of autonomy, the links between the
international diasporas of Ethiopia and the fortunes of their home
areas. The collection draws on the work of established scholars as
well as a new generation of Ethiopian and international researchers
in the disciplines of anthropology, political science, history, and
geography.
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