Revolutionary Ethiopia: From Empire to People's Republic

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Indiana University Press, 1988 - History - 307 pages

" . . . an excellent, comprehensive account of the Ethiopian revolution . . . essential for anyone who wishes to understand revolutionary Ethiopia." —Perspective

"This masterly history deals with the Emperor and the Dergue . . . on their own terms. . . . [Keller] buttresses his analysis with careful and useful detail." —Foreign Affairs

"Keller's analytic grasp of the complex features of Ethiopian history and society from a wide range of sources is remarkable." —African Affairs

 

Contents

Toward a Theory of the Revolutionary
13
The Structure of Politics
45
Policy and the Politics of Survival in
65
The Political Economy of a Modernizing
94
Development and Social Contradictions
131
Politics Economics and Class Conflict
164
The Quest for a New Social Myth
191
Socialism from Above?
213
Toward Economic Socialization
245
Feudalism Is Dead Long Live Dependence
264
NOTES
273
viii
296
INDEX
303
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