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International Journal of Political Science and Development Vol. 3(9), pp. 386–399, September, 2015. DOI: 10.14662/IJPSD2015.047 ISSN: 2360-784X
Research Paper
Ethnic Federalism: A Means for Managing or A Triggering Factor for Ethnic Conflicts in Ethiopia?
Muhabie Mekonnen Mengistu
Pan African University, Institute of Governance, Humanities and Social Sciences (PAUGHSS), Yaounde, Cameroon Email address: muhabiemekonnen@yahoo.com
Accepted 14 September 2015
Being one of
the most diverse nations in the world, Ethiopia is not an exception to
be free from ethnic conflicts due to its weak political structures and
mal-governance. The existing ethnic federal arrangement of EPRDF is
devised with the aim to accommodate the interests of distinct ethnic
groups in Ethiopia. Meanwhile, it is still subject to criticisms. Hence,
this study questions whether the contemporary ethnic federalism in
Ethiopia enables to manage ethnic conflicts or exacerbates them due to
its theoretical and empirical applicability. The study is entirely based
on secondary sources of data that were interpreted using a mix of
interpretivism and constructivism to guide the qualitative method of
research. The findings of the study revealed that ethnic federal model
of Ethiopia, which solely or majorly formed on the basis of
ethno-linguistic lines in most, but not all situations exacerbate and/or
generate and transform ethnic conflicts from national into lower
structural levels. Thus, a mixed federal system that guarantees ethnic
groups self-governance with high inducements for integration and
inter-ethnic collaboration is a suggestive solution to move federalism
forward in Ethiopia. Cite This Article As: Mengistu MM (2015). Ethnic Federalism: A Means for Managing or A Triggering Factor for Ethnic Conflicts in Ethiopia?. Inter. J. Polit. Sci. Develop. 3(9): 386-399
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