Towards an Anthropological Assessment of the Post EPRDF Reforms in Ethiopia: The Case Study of Addis Ababa and Mekele Cities
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2021-03
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Addis Ababa University
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This thesis explores the post EPRDF political reforms in Ethiopia. It draws its cases from Addis Ababa and Mekele Cities. The thesis comparatively examines perception and reflection from the perspectives of peoples who are living in the two research sites to grasp the current political reforms in Ethiopia. Methodologically this study employed the comparative approach and the extended case method, semi structured interview, group discussion, personal observations, were the methods and techniques employed. The study has analyzed that deeper division between the two parties, and media polarization, has indeed echoed on the assessment of people from respective settings. These then led for a divided understanding over the post EPRDF political reform in Ethiopia. Various factors have also caused a dismantled understanding over political reforms. For instance, contested political histories, a shift of political ideology, ethnic unitary system and nationalism with developmental state economic model to more liberal thought are among the many factors that paved the way for deeper division among ethnic groups. Alongside, the different group of political elites once they coined different policies by their policymakers tries to deliver their purpose. However, these policies by PP faced some serious questions by TPLF or even a rebuke from their compatriots or their opponents (respective settings) not to forget the reverse though. Through thematically analyzing the empirical data and after assessing the binary relation between the two, when it comes to each other PP and TPLF have extensively exploited public media and brought a deteriorated perception among people.
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Towards an Anthropological Assessment of the Post EPRDF Reforms in Ethiopia: The Case Study of Addis Ababa and Mekele Cities