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Local government in Ethiopia

Advancing development and accommodating ethnic minorities
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 2014

Summary

Unterentwicklung und ethnische Konflikte sind Herausforderungen für nahezu alle Länder südlich der Sahara. Das Buch basiert auf einer Fallstudie aus Äthiopien und stellt die institutionellen Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten auf lokaler Ebene vor, die helfen sollen, die sozialen Probleme einzudämmen.

In englischer Sprache.

Bibliographic data

Copyright year
2014
ISBN-Print
978-3-8487-0799-7
ISBN-Online
978-3-8452-5024-3
Publisher
Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series
Recht und Verfassung in Afrika - Law and Constitution in Africa
Volume
25
Language
English
Pages
356
Product type
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Table of contents

ChapterPages
  1. Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access 1 - 22
  2. Introduction No access 23 - 30
  3. Designing local government for development and accommodation of diversity No access 31 - 84
  4. Local administration, development, and ethnicity in Ethiopia: Historical perspective No access 85 - 118
  5. Decentralisation within Ethiopia’s federation: Constitutional basis and political motives No access 119 - 147
  6. Decentralisation and development in Ethiopia: Local autonomy No access 148 - 210
  7. Decentralisation and development in Ethiopia: Central supervision and inter-governmental co-operation No access 211 - 246
  8. Decentralisation and accommodation of intra-regional ethnic minorities in Ethiopia No access 247 - 300
  9. Conclusion No access 301 - 328
  10. Bibliography No access 329 - 356

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