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New Book

ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT IN ETHIOPIA
Essays on Underdevelopment, Democracy and Self-Determination
Edited by Seyoum Hameso and Mohammed Hassen

Various authors have narrated the reasons that led to the abject Ethiopian condition. But this book is unique because it is an in-depth treatment of the subject covering socio-political history, contemporary political economy, and politics of nationalist struggles. Furthermore, the diverse cultural predisposition, academic training, and scholarly caliber of the contributors make their messages a timely work of immense role and great importance.

The book explores the root causes of arrested development. It exposes oppressive mechanisms used by the Ethiopian state to suppress the creative talents of its subjects. It depicts not only the lack of respect for basic human rights in Ethiopia, but also the denial of the people’s right to freely determine the governance of their choice and the pace of their socio-economic progress. The contributors to this book passionately believe that the problems facing the majority peoples in Ethiopia are neither inevitable nor insurmountable.

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Dissecting contemporary Ethiopia, this work includes the voices of conflict in the emerging third world. This is a collection of essays exploring the contradicting paradigms of oppression and liberation in Ethiopia. Since the creation of the Ethiopian Empire in the 1880s, political, social and military power has been dominated by the elites of two minority groups. The vast majority of the peoples in Ethiopia have been subjected to political subjugation, economic marginalisation and cultural dehumanisation. While the ruling ethnic groups have sought to maintain the status quo, the oppressed majority have been struggling to free themselves from tyrannical rule. As a result, contemporary Ethiopia is a mass of contradictions and contest revolving around the paradigms of oppression and liberation - producing decades of civil wars, violation of human rights, poverty, famine and misery in monumental proportions. These essays explore the root causes of arrested development. They expose the oppressive mechanisms used by the Ethiopian state to suppress the creative talents of its subjects. As much as they are inspired by the long suffering of the oppressed people, they are informed by the search for solutions, articulating a yearning for freedom, human dignity, self-determination and democracy.

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