“Emerging” Challenges Restraing Addis Ababa’ Sself- Governce Within Ethiopian Ethno- Federal Dispensation
| dc.contributor.advisor | Solomon Nigussie (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Genanew yaregal | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-04-01T09:20:12Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-04-01T09:20:12Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022-10 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The essence of federalism is not to be found in a particular set of institutions but in the institutionalization of particular relationship consistent with federal principles. So, Federal system has to address the question as to what are the particular problems that the federal system intended to solve up to its essence. As federal principles also apply for Federal Capital city(FCC) as a subunit, it requires special scrutiny because of FCC’s unique nature.ForFCC is the political-economic center, it comes at the heart of the federal balance. To this effect, the fundamental challenges unique to most government of FCC consist of lack of efficient government for the metropolitan area, including both the city's center and its suburbs. Hence, mostly federation faces a challenging task in preventing the domination of FCC by one of the states, in determining how to govern FCC and managing conflicting interests of federal government and residents of the FCC. As Such a federation needs to address federal-capital suburbs tension; first, how much power and autonomy should the FCC need to have? Second, how should conflict of interest among local/FCC, national interests, and suburbs is compromised? The problem even excerpted in the case of Addis Ababa City (AAC), mainly because AAC’s FCC mode, extent of decentralization,territorial jurisdiction, and ultimately self-governing status within Ethiopian ethno-federal dispensation remains indeterminate.Yet, AAC is the federal capital, seat of Oromia Regional state (ORS) and headquarter for African Union (AU) as well as considered to be autonomous city administration;as suchit creates distinctive complex citycapturing special scrutiny due tomultiplicity of competing interest within the unique ethno federal genesis of Ethiopian federation. Hence, AAC represents an epic in the political dilemma of Ethiopia; group vs. individual, self-rule vs. shared rule, residency vs. ethnic identity, capital vs. seat, territory vs. location, devolution vs. delegation vs. DE concentration, center vs. periphery special interest vs. equal interest. Thus it requires scrutinizing as to which federal notion accounts for the original rationale in Ethiopian federal scheme resulted in “emerging” challenges constraining AAC’s self-governance status.The issue deepens to the heart of politics to the extent inquiring the “denominator” (who is “self” or “the people”) and scope of self governance right within Ethiopian ethno-federal dispensation in general and AAC in particular. It entailsanalyzing whether and how AAC shouldwalk through the path of article 8, 39, and 47 and/or 49 of the constitution or resort to determination beyond constitutional ambit, to realize its self-governance. Basic Terms: emerging challenges,federation origin, extent of decentralization, FCC models, Ethno-Federation, and self-governance/determination, fiscal federalism | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/5264 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa Unversity | |
| dc.title | “Emerging” Challenges Restraing Addis Ababa’ Sself- Governce Within Ethiopian Ethno- Federal Dispensation | |
| dc.type | Thesis |