A Tributary Model of State Formation Ethiopia, 1600-2015 /

• Main Author: Abegaz, Berhanu (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development,
• Subjects: Africa-Politics and government.; Political economy.; Economic development.; Economic policy.; African Politics.; International Political Economy.; Development Theory.; Economic Policy.

A Tributary Model of State Formation: Ethiopia, 1600-2015 addresses the perplexing question of why a pedigreed Ethiopian state failed to transform itself into a nation-state. Using a comparative-institutionalist framework, this book explores why Ethiopia, an Afroasian civilizational state, has yet t...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: State Formation and Nation Building
• Chapter 2: The Afro-Asiatic Tributary-Civilizational State, 1600-1900
• Chapter 3: The Gondarine Tributary-Military State, 1600-1800
• Chapter 4: The Shewan Fiscal-Territorial State, 1875-1974
• Chapter 5: The Ethiopian Revolutionary State, 1975-2005
• Chapter 6: Reimagining Capable and Inclusionary African States
• Chapter 7: Conclusions.