The Puzzle of Ethiopian Politics

by Terrence Lyons

How did a group with its origins in a small Marxist-Leninist insurgency in northern Ethiopia transform itself into a party (the EPRDF) with eight million members and a hierarchy that links even the smallest Ethiopian village to the centre? How do the legacies of protracted civil war and rebel victory over the brutal Derg regime continue to shape contemporary Ethiopian politics? And can the EPRDF, after widespread protests and a state of emergency,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1626377987
• ISBN13: 9781626377981
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
• Length: 245 Pages