Nigatu, Merko Melese (2015) The Empowerment of Local Governments as a Prerequisite for Selfdetermination: The Assessment of Legal and Institutional Framework of Sidama Zone, in SNNPR. Masters thesis, Addis Ababa University.
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Abstract
Self-determination as a sensitive content of world’s legal and political issue passed through many ups and down to get the current international customary law status. It was contextualized as per the dynamic nature of world political and legal realities. Accordingly in the time of colonialism, it was considered as an apparatus of restoring independence whereas after the end of colonialism the notion of self- determination become the issue of all ethnic groups all over the world, which are snatched their political, economic and cultural rights by the clear tyrant nature of governments or swallowed by the majority rule of democracy. Ethiopia is a good example of trying to rule different ethnic groups in a single ruling system and by a single cultural oriented ideology. Like other countries experiences such efforts of Ethiopia did not compromise the diversity nature of the country and it becomes that self-determination is the way out of such crisis. But due to the deeply divided nature of the peoples there is still a problem of mainstreaming of the elements of self-determination. Beyond being part of the mere administrative structure of government, local governments should be the apparatus of mainstreaming self-determination since a single ethnic group occupy a local government. This paper attempts to examine whether the current federal structure of Ethiopia does enable to access the elements of self-determination by all nations, nationalities and peoples or not. It is also tried to show the importance of local governments in the equally and justly accessing and truly exercising the right of self-determination. To show such facts the Sidama zone legal and institutional framework is examined.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Self-determination, Self-government, disposal of natural resources, preserving of culture, history and language, empowerment of local governments, Sidama zone |
| Subjects: | K Law > K Law (General) |
| Divisions: | Africana |
| Depositing User: | Emmanuel Ndorimana |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Sep 2018 13:15 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Sep 2018 13:15 |
| URI: | http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/5008 |
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