| Автор | Hagmann, Tobias |
| Дата выпуска | 2005 |
| dc.description | This article proposes an alternative interpretation of political disorder in Ethiopiaʼs Somali Regional State since the rise to power of the Ethiopian Peopleʼs Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) in 1991. Some observers have perceived contemporary politics in the former Ogaden as an example of ‘internal colonisation’ by highland Ethiopians. Others attribute political instability to the ‘nomadic culture’ inherent in the Somali clan structure and the ineptness of its political leaders. This study argues that neither of these two politicised narratives grasps the contradictory interactions between the federal Ethiopian government and its Somali periphery, nor the recursive relations between state and society. With reference to the literature on neo-patrimonialism, I elucidate political disorder in the Somali Region by empirically describing hybrid political domination, institutional instability, and patronage relations, showing how neo-patrimonial rule translates into contested statehood in the region and political devices ranging from military coercion to subtle co-optation. Rather than unilateral domination, a complex web of power and manipulation between parts of the federal and regional authorities animates political disorder in Ethiopiaʼs Somali Region. |
| Издатель | Cambridge University Press |
| Название | Beyond clannishness and colonialism: understanding political disorder in Ethiopiaʼs Somali Region, 1991–2004I would like to thank Cedric Barnes, Christine Bichsel, Stephen Devereux, Martin Doornbos, Ayele Gebre-Mariam, and two anonymous reviewers of this journal for their helpful comments and suggestions, and the Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research ‘NCCR North-South’ for financial support. A previous version of this paper was presented at the ASA UK Biannual Conference ‘Debating Africa’, London, September 2004. |
| DOI | 10.1017/S0022278X05001205 |
| Electronic ISSN | 1469-7777 |
| Print ISSN | 0022-278X |
| Журнал | The Journal of Modern African Studies |
| Том | 43 |
| Первая страница | 509 |
| Последняя страница | 536 |
| Аффилиация | Hagmann Tobias; University of Lausanne; |
| Выпуск | 4 |
