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Title:Contending political ideologies in Ethiopia after 1991: the role of intellectuals
Author:Loukeris, KostasISNI
Year:2004
Periodical:Polis: revue camerounaise de science politique
Volume:12
Pages:139-153
Language:English
Geographic term:Ethiopia
Subject:political ideologies
Abstract:In 1991, the Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), an umbrella organization under the control of the Tigray Peoples' Liberation Front (TPLF), came to power. This paper discusses the contending political ideologies in Ethiopia after 1991. More specifically, it investigates how current political ideologies are linked to the ways intellectuals have been 'produced' in the country. The author argues that all political ideologies currently promoted in Ethiopia share the common feature of political exclusion. All are based on particular characteristics that force Ethiopian citizens to either accept them and thus deny their own ideological orientation, or feel excluded from the political system. This creates grievances and contributes to political conflict. Three political ideologies are analysed: the government-sponsored ethno-nationalist ideology, the radical ethno-nationalist ideology, and the State-nationalist (liberal and Marxist version) ideology. Bibliogr., notes, sum. in French. [ASC Leiden abstract]
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