Ethiopia: From Bullets to the Ballot Box : the Bumpy Road to Democracy and the Political Economy of TransitionAfter a short historical introduction the author makes an attempt to bring out the salient features of the ideological and policy changes brought about by the May-June 1991 upheaval and their implications on the direction of governance, political and economic life in Ethiopia. Here he shows the varied facets of the ongoing sociopolitical ferment and how, why and where various interests converge or diverge. In part two the events which were instrumental in shaping the past are examined to show how they led to the circumstances of the present. (DÜI-Sch). |
Contents
Profile and Legacy of the Mengistu Regime | 4 |
PITFALLS OF IDEOLOGY | 6 |
International Support For and Against the EPRDF | 10 |
TOWARD THE NEW ORDER | 19 |
The Transitional Government | 25 |
THE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SPHERE | 31 |
Construction and Housing | 38 |
International Response to the New Government | 44 |
The Tigray Claims and TPLF | 159 |
The Oromo Liberation Front OLF | 168 |
Performance of the Economic Sectors | 175 |
Resource Balance and Debt | 182 |
Impact of Famine | 188 |
Effect of Human Displacement | 192 |
Policy Constraints and the Dilemma of Agriculture | 203 |
EDUCATION MANPOWER | 215 |
The New Democratic Proclamation | 52 |
The Political Sphere | 58 |
FROM EMPIRE | 67 |
The Firebrands | 74 |
Toward the Republic | 86 |
GOVERNANCE AND DEMOCRACY | 93 |
ROADBLOCKS OF GOVERNANCE | 105 |
The Demands of Loyality vs Efficiency | 112 |
Instability and Lack of Models | 120 |
External Forces | 127 |
The Political Independence | 133 |
The Post1974 Period | 139 |
The Ethnic Religious Dimension of the Problem | 145 |
Qualitative Issues in Education During 195070 | 221 |
The Setbacks of Higher Education | 229 |
Equity vs Quality | 235 |
The Organization of NonFormal Adult Education | 242 |
Which Priorities | 252 |
Ethiopias Major Donors | 258 |
The Political Environment | 261 |
The Challenge to Africa | 269 |
Strategies for Economic Reconstruction | 285 |
Footnotes and References | 291 |
Select Bibliography | 298 |
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