Mobility and ethnic federalism in Ethiopia

dc.contributor.authorDessalegn, Beza
dc.contributor.authorFessha, Yonatan
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-14T14:58:10Z
dc.date.available2020-08-14T14:58:10Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractEthiopia’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.citationDessalegn, B. and Fessha, Y. (2019) Mobility and ethnic federalism in Ethiopia. In: Abede, A.K. ed., Reimagining Ethiopian federalism. Addis Ababa: Addis Ababa Universityen_US
dc.identifier.issn2707-1065
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/5244
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAddis Ababa Universityen_US
dc.publisherAddis Ababa University - School of Law
dc.relation.ispartofseriesEthiopian Constitutional and Public Law Series, Volume X
dc.subjectEthiopiaen_US
dc.subjectFeredalismen_US
dc.subjectEthnic rightsen_US
dc.subjectConstitutionen_US
dc.subjectEthnic groupsen_US
dc.subjectCitizenshipen_US
dc.titleMobility and ethnic federalism in Ethiopiaen_US
dc.typeBook chapteren_US

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