Asnake Kefale, Tomasz Kamusella, Christophe van der Beken

Eurasian Empires as Blueprints for Ethiopia

From Ethnolinguistic Nation-State to Multiethnic Federation

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is a contribution to the global history of the transfer of political ideas, as exemplified by the case of modern Ethiopia. It will be useful for scholars of Ethiopian and African history and politics, and also offers a case in comparative studies on the subject of different models of national statehood elsewhere.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 142
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Februar 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9780367744793
• ISBN-10: 0367744791
• Artikelnr.: 69892515

Autorenporträt

Asnake Kefale is an Associate Professor of Political Science and International Relations at the Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Tomasz Kamusella is Reader (professor extraordinarius) in Modern History at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, UK. Christophe Van der Beken is an Associate Professor of Constitutional Law, Federalism and Human Rights at Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. The 1931 Constitution: The Importation of Western Concepts via Japan 2. From the Soviet Union to Ethiopia's Ethnoterritorial Federalism Conclusion

Rezensionen

"The volume [is] an original contribution to scholarship, especially at a time when Ethiopia is increasingly of interest to international audiences."

Jan Erk, Leiden University, Netherlands

"[T]his book is very timely and capable of informing the [political] debates currently taking place in Ethiopia."

Zemelak Ayele, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia