Since 1991 and the arrival of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front
(EPRDF) into power, the Ethiopian ideologists have maintained revolutionary democracy …

In 2004, the Ethiopian government launched what has been called an innovative and
groundbreaking solution to the country's public health challenges; the Health Extension …

This paper examines the domestic political economy of so-called 'land-grabbing'in Ethiopia,
assessing the motivations of the Ethiopian government, which has strongly promoted foreign …

What role do men play in women's political representation? When and why do they support
more inclusivity for women in office? Given that all political parties today have men in a …

International sanctions are one of the most commonly used tools to instigate democratisation
in the post‐C old W ar era. However, despite long‐term sanction pressure by the E uropean …

This article investigates the relationship between international election observation, election
fraud, and post-election violence. While international electoral missions could in principle …

This paper seeks to unravel the political economy of large-scale land acquisitions in post-
Soviet Russia. Russia falls neither in the normal category of 'investor'countries, nor in the …

An ideology of “revolutionary democracy” has driven the project of state building in Ethiopia
over the last 20 years. This paper explores the relationships that the Tigray People's …

ETHIOPIA CONDUCTED ITS FOURTH FEDERAL and regional election on 23 May 2010.
Considering the widespread pre-election interest and excitement the 2005 election …

Decades of both non-violent and armed struggle did not bring much result to the Oromo
quest for political power over the Ethiopian state, and contemporary Oromo politics often …