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Ethnic diversity and federalism : constitution making in South Africa and Ethiopia / Yonatan Tesfaye Fessha.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Surrey : Ashgate, 2010.Description: 1 online resource (298 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781409403111
  • 1409403114
  • 1317140982
  • 9781317140986
  • 1317140974
  • 9781317140979
  • 1282907158
  • 9781282907157
  • 9786612907159
  • 6612907150
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Ethnic diversity and federalism.DDC classification:
  • 320.963 22
LOC classification:
  • HM1271 .F47 2010eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction -- Towards the recognition of ethnic diversity -- Federalism as institutional design to recognize and accommodate ethnic diversity -- Ethnicity in South Africa's political and constitutional development -- Institutional recognition and accommodation of ethnic diversity in South Africa -- Ethnicity in Ethiopia's political and constitutional development -- Marrying federalism with ethnicity : the case of Ethiopia -- Conclusion and Lessons.
Summary: The book examines how institutions of multi-ethnic states have been designed to accommodate ethnic diversity and maintain national unity. It locates institutional responses to the challenges of ethnic diversity within the context of a federal arrangement, examining how this has been used to reconcile the conflicting pressures of the demand for the recognition of distinctive identities, and the promotion of political and territorial integrity.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Towards the recognition of ethnic diversity -- Federalism as institutional design to recognize and accommodate ethnic diversity -- Ethnicity in South Africa's political and constitutional development -- Institutional recognition and accommodation of ethnic diversity in South Africa -- Ethnicity in Ethiopia's political and constitutional development -- Marrying federalism with ethnicity : the case of Ethiopia -- Conclusion and Lessons.

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The book examines how institutions of multi-ethnic states have been designed to accommodate ethnic diversity and maintain national unity. It locates institutional responses to the challenges of ethnic diversity within the context of a federal arrangement, examining how this has been used to reconcile the conflicting pressures of the demand for the recognition of distinctive identities, and the promotion of political and territorial integrity.

English.

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