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The End of Democracy? Curtailing Political and Civil Rights in Ethiopia

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  • Lovise Aalen
  • Kjetil Tronvoll

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This article assesses political developments in Ethiopia after its 2005 federal and regional watershed elections. Although an unprecedented liberalisation took place ahead of the contested and controversial 2005 polls, a crack-down occurred in the wake of the elections, when the opposition was neutralised. Subsequently, the government rolled out a deliberate plan to prevent any future large-scale protest against their grip on power by establishing an elaborate administrative structure of control, developing new legislative instruments of suppression and, finally, curbing any electoral opposition as seen in the conduct of the 2008 local elections. As a result, Ethiopia has by 2008 returned firmly into the camp of authoritarian regimes.

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  • Lovise Aalen & Kjetil Tronvoll, 2009. "The End of Democracy? Curtailing Political and Civil Rights in Ethiopia," Review of African Political Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 36(120), pages 193-207, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:revape:v:36:y:2009:i:120:p:193-207
    DOI: 10.1080/03056240903065067
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