Report in External Series
| 2004
Democracy and human security in Ethiopia: Structural reasons for the failure of democratisation
Johannesburg: South African Institute for International Affairs (SAIIA Report no. 45) 41 p.
This report demonstrates the discrepancy between Ethiopia''s theoretical democratic guarantees and their application in practice, focusing on the experiences of the majority of the country''s population: the peasant farmers living in rural areas. Through a host of examples, the report reveals the structural reasons why democratisation has so far largely failed in Ethiopia.
This report is based on the experiences of a group of Norwegian researchers who have closely monitored the democratisation process in Ethiopia since 1991.
