Mobility and ethnic federalism in Ethiopia
| dc.contributor.author | Dessalegn, Beza | |
| dc.contributor.author | Fessha, Yonatan | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-08-14T14:58:10Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-08-14T14:58:10Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Ethiopia’s federal dispensation, ushered under the 1995 Constitution, guarantees ethnic groups – constitutionally termed as “nations, nationalities and peoples” – a wide array of self-rule rights. The Constitution also provides for a number of individual rights, including the free movement of citizens within the country. In a federal setup where subnational and local boundaries are constructed along ethno-linguistic lines, the mobility of individuals presents both opportunities and challenges. While the free movement of citizens provides unique opportunities including fighting stereotypes, facilitating inter-cultural exchange, and reinforcing cultural bonds, it has also the potential to create tension with members of the host community that perceive mobility of individuals as a threat against their constitutionally recognized self-rule rights. This paper examines how the Ethiopian federal setup, without adequate legal framework, is struggling to address these competing demands and, as a result, has probably undermined both citizenship and ethnic rights. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Dessalegn, B. and Fessha, Y. (2019) Mobility and ethnic federalism in Ethiopia. In: Abede, A.K. ed., Reimagining Ethiopian federalism. Addis Ababa: Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2707-1065 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10566/5244 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University - School of Law | |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Ethiopian Constitutional and Public Law Series, Volume X | |
| dc.subject | Ethiopia | en_US |
| dc.subject | Feredalism | en_US |
| dc.subject | Ethnic rights | en_US |
| dc.subject | Constitution | en_US |
| dc.subject | Ethnic groups | en_US |
| dc.subject | Citizenship | en_US |
| dc.title | Mobility and ethnic federalism in Ethiopia | en_US |
| dc.type | Book chapter | en_US |