Contested power in Ethiopia : traditional authorities and multi-party elections / edited by Kjetil Tronvoll, Tobias Hagmann.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: traditional authorities and multi-party elections in Ethiopia / Kjetil Tronvoll & Tobias Hagmann -- Electoral politics in the Nuer cultural context / Dereje Feyissa -- Fishing for votes in the Somali region: clan elders, bureaucrats and party politics in the 2005 elections / Tobias Hagmann -- The family connection: inherited status and parliamentary elections in Dawro, southern Ethiopia / Data Dea Barata -- A revival of tradition? the power of clans and social strata in the Wolayta elections / Lovise Aalen -- Cynicism and hope: urban youth and relations of power during the 2005 Ethiopian elections / Daniel Mains -- Islam and politics: the EPRDF, the 2005 elections and Muslim institutions in Bale / Terje Ostebo -- We say they are Neftenya; they say we are OLF': a post-election assessment of ethnicity, politics and age-sets in Oromiya / Charles Schaefer -- Customary institutions in contemporary politics in Borana zone, Oromia, Ethiopia / Marco Bassi -- The 2005 elections in Maale: a reassertion of traditional authority or the extension of a nascent public sphere? / Donald L. Donham -- Epilogue: the 'new' Ethiopia: changing discourses of democracy / Kjetil Tronvoll.

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Drawing on nine case studies, this book offers a comparative ethnography of the contested powers that shape democratization in Ethiopia. Focusing on the competitive 2005 elections, the authors analyze how customary leaders, political parties and state officials confronted each other during election time.

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