Ethnic versus national identity in Ethiopia: Is ethnic identity growing and among whom?

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2022-01-02 DOI:10.1080/10246029.2021.2009530

J. Ishiyama, Post Basnet

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Abstract

ABSTRACT In this article, we examine the growth of ethnopolitical divisions in Ethiopia. Using recently released Afrobarometer data and comparing current levels of ethnonational identity with previous data released in 2013, we find an erosion in support for a national Ethiopian identity, and rapidly growing ethnonational identities among Oromo and Tigrayan respondents, but not Amhara. This suggests that the attempts by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to promote ‘Ethiopianess’ as a unifying principle for the country will face great challenges. In addition, although it is tempting to lay the blame for this growing ethnonationalism at the ‘feet’ of the ethnofederal system in Ethiopia (as many scholars have) this study cannot directly address the connection between ethnic federalism and ethnic conflict and instability. However, what is clear is that there is a growing sense of ethnonationalism (or the idea that ethnic identity is now more important than a national Ethiopian identity) for a significant part of the population and this is consistent with the expectations of the critics of ethnofederalism. This also suggests greater challenges to Ethiopian unity in the near future.

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埃塞俄比亚的民族认同与国家认同:民族认同在增长吗?在谁中间?

摘要在这篇文章中，我们考察了埃塞俄比亚种族政治分歧的增长。使用最近发布的Afrobarometer数据，并将当前的民族认同水平与2013年发布的先前数据进行比较，我们发现奥罗莫和提格雷州受访者对埃塞俄比亚民族认同以及快速增长的民族认同的支持度有所下降，但阿姆哈拉州除外。这表明，阿比·艾哈迈德总理将“埃塞俄比亚人”作为国家统一原则的努力将面临巨大挑战。此外，尽管人们很容易将这种日益增长的民族主义归咎于埃塞俄比亚民族联邦制度的“脚下”（正如许多学者所做的那样），但这项研究无法直接解决民族联邦制与民族冲突和不稳定之间的联系。然而，显而易见的是，对于相当一部分人口来说，民族民族主义（或者说，民族认同现在比埃塞俄比亚民族认同更重要）的感觉越来越强烈，这与民族联邦主义批评者的期望一致。这也表明，在不久的将来，埃塞俄比亚的团结将面临更大的挑战。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

期刊介绍： Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance. Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.