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EPRDFs nation-building: Tinkering with convictions and pragmatism
| Resumo: | The Ethio-Eritrean war (1998-2000) is often considered a turning point in the nationalist discourse of the Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) and the main cause of the reactivation of a strong Pan-Ethiopian nationalism (here taken as synonymous with Ethiopianness), after the introduction of ethnic federalism in 1995. This paper argues that Pan-Ethiopian and ethnic nationalism coexisted in TPLF-EPRDFs nationalism before the 1998-2000 war. As a political and pragmatic tool to grasp and keep power, the multifaceted nationalism of the EPRDF was adapted and adjusted to new circumstances. This explains the ease with which Pan-Ethiopianism was reactivated and reinvented from 1998 onwards. In this process, the 2005 general elections and the rise of opposition groups defending a Pan-Ethiopian nationalism also represented an important influence in EPRDFs nationalist adjustment. |
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| Autores principais: | Bach,Jean-Nicolas |
| Assunto: | Ethiopia Tigray Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF) Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) Ethiopianness opposition |
| Ano: | 2014 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | SciELO Portugal |
| Resumo: | The Ethio-Eritrean war (1998-2000) is often considered a turning point in the nationalist discourse of the Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) and the main cause of the reactivation of a strong Pan-Ethiopian nationalism (here taken as synonymous with Ethiopianness), after the introduction of ethnic federalism in 1995. This paper argues that Pan-Ethiopian and ethnic nationalism coexisted in TPLF-EPRDFs nationalism before the 1998-2000 war. As a political and pragmatic tool to grasp and keep power, the multifaceted nationalism of the EPRDF was adapted and adjusted to new circumstances. This explains the ease with which Pan-Ethiopianism was reactivated and reinvented from 1998 onwards. In this process, the 2005 general elections and the rise of opposition groups defending a Pan-Ethiopian nationalism also represented an important influence in EPRDFs nationalist adjustment. |
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