Abyotawi democracy: Neither revolutionary nor democratic, a critical review of EPRDF's conception of revolutionary democracy in post-1991 Ethiopia

Journal of Eastern African Studies

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 641-663

  Bach, Jean Nicolas ^a  

^a Institut d'Études Politiques de Bordeaux   (France)

Author keywords

Abyotawi democracy; EPRDF; Ethiopia; revolutionary democracy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858786312     PISSN: 17531055     EISSN: 17531063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17531055.2011.642522     Document Type: Review

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