The Puzzle of Ethiopian Politics(English, Hardcover, Lyons Terence)

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The Puzzle of Ethiopian Politics(English, Hardcover, Lyons Terence) is written by Lyons Terence and published by Lynne Rienner Publishers Inc. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1626377987 (ISBN 10) and 9781626377981 (ISBN 13).

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 center? 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, transform itself under new leadership to meet popular demands? Answering these questions in his comprehensive study of nearly three decades of Ethiopian politics,the author argues that the very structures that enabled the ruling party to overcome the challenges of a war-to-peace transition are the source of the challenges that it faces now. While the new political leadership has promised dramatic reforms, the author observes, the powerful authoritarian ruling party remains in place, unreconstructed.