The Ethiopian second republic and the fragile "Social Contract";Die 2. Republik in Äthiopien und der "fragile Gesellschaftsvertrag"

Africa Spectrum

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 3-28

  Abbink, Jon ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Democratisation; Ethiopia; Ethnicity; Fragile states; Political culture; Republicanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 73649093099     PISSN: 00020397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000203970904400201     Document Type: Article

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