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ETHIOPIA: FROM EMPIRE TO FEDERATION 

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE BOOK

Ethiopia: From Empire to Federation presents  the political Economic and Diplomatic History of Ethiopia  fro the earnest times to the present. it contains chapters which dwell on the evolution of the Empire state and the consolidation and it includes chapters on:

  • The modernization process and rise and fall of the empire
  • The centrifugal and centripetal tendencies embodied by the various nationality movements;
  • The intellectual history and urban revolts which led to the collapse of the Empire:
  • The rise and fall of the Derg and its Socialist ideology:
  • The emergency of the EPRDF:
  • The convergence of nationality interests;
  • The drawing up of anew federalism and constitution ;
  • The debate on federalism  Democracy;
  • Other major political and economic reforms;
  • views on the way forward, etc

It also examines the circumstances which led the secessio0n of Eritrea, factors behind the Ethio-Eritrean conflict and war and the recent, crisis in the leadership of the EPRDF, its resolution and the way forward via, new trends of policy, reform and renewal.

The book has received excellent reviews  and is a recommended reading for politicians, administrators, diplomats, researchers, journalists and scholars of African and Ethiopian studies including those interested in the ancient, medieval and modern history of Ethiopia.

Library of congress Classification: Ethiopian History, politics, political-Economy and international Relations.

ISBN 91-631-1982-x

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