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May 19, 2022 · Abstract. When federalism was introduced in Ethiopia in the early 1990s, it did not receive a warm reception. Although the militarily victorious, ethnic-based liberation movements presented federalism as the only viable path to democratization and stability, many others saw it as a ploy to disintegrate the country.
Oromo conflict, Ethiopian Civil War, Eritrean–Ethiopian War. The Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front ( EPRDF; Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝቦች አብዮታዊ ዲሞክራሲያዊ ግንባር, romanized : Ye’Ītiyop’iya Ḥizibochi Ābiyotawī Dīmokirasīyawī Ginibari) was an ethnic federalist [4] political ...
Articles related to federalism as a principle of organization or system of government. Subcategories This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total.
The Tigray People's Liberation Front ( TPLF; Tigrinya: ህዝባዊ ወያነ ሓርነት ትግራይ, lit. 'Popular Struggle for the Freedom of Tigray'), also called the Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, is a left-wing ethnic nationalist, [2] [18] [19] [5] paramilitary group, [20] and the former ruling party of Ethiopia. [21] [22] It was ...
The United States is a federal constitutional republic, while the former Soviet Union was a federal socialist republic. However self-identification is not objective, and as Kopstein and Lichbach argue, defining regimes can be tricky, especially de facto, when both its government and its economy deviate in practice.
The government of Ethiopia ( Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ መንግሥት, romanized : Ye-Ītyōṗṗyā mängəst) is the federal government of Ethiopia. It is structured in a framework of a federal parliamentary republic, whereby the prime minister is the head of government. Executive power is exercised by the government. The prime minister ...
Federalism is increasingly promoted and utilized in multi-ethnic countries as a means to guarantee minority rights and safeguard the harmony and integrity of the polity and state. Yet, due to the unfeasibility of achieving a perfect overlap between ethnic and territorial boundaries, every ethnic-based territory will contain ethnic minority groups.