Hegemonic Party System and Federalism
The paper inquiries into the fixture of the hegemonic Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Party (EPRDF) in the operation of the Ethiopian federal constitutional order. It finds out the federal malfunction of EPRDF. The hegemonic political program of the front, which took the shape of a non-...
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The paper inquiries into the fixture of the hegemonic Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Party (EPRDF) in the operation of the Ethiopian federal constitutional order. It finds out the federal malfunction of EPRDF. The hegemonic political program of the front, which took the shape of a non-competitive dominant party was not in line with the constitutional diversity of the federal system, as it delinked the constitutional right to self-determination and federal autonomy from the options of multiparty politics. On the structure of EPRDF, equal representation was favorable to the federal politics of diversity accommodation and minority protection. However, the exclusiveness of its structure from the “affiliate” parties had the effects of a narrow-based federal shared-rule, as EPRDF which was the only channel to influence the center. Party-state inseparability was the other gap to the check of power and in establishing the neutrality of the state to deal with ethnic-driven conflict, as a major pathology to the stability of ethnic federal systems. Finally, the power nucleus in the EPRDF created the dominance of TPLF at the perils of diminishing the representative legitimacy and the subordinate position of the “affiliate parties” to EPRDF.
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| spelling | doaj-art-9b07437e83d244c183a5a34f6b2499a62025-01-06T13:30:44ZengUJ PressAfrican Journal of Political Science1027-03531726-37272024-09-0112110.36615/44nkbk97Hegemonic Party System and FederalismYohannes Haile Getahun0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4162-0356Mekelle University and Addis Ababa University The paper inquiries into the fixture of the hegemonic Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Party (EPRDF) in the operation of the Ethiopian federal constitutional order. It finds out the federal malfunction of EPRDF. The hegemonic political program of the front, which took the shape of a non-competitive dominant party was not in line with the constitutional diversity of the federal system, as it delinked the constitutional right to self-determination and federal autonomy from the options of multiparty politics. On the structure of EPRDF, equal representation was favorable to the federal politics of diversity accommodation and minority protection. However, the exclusiveness of its structure from the “affiliate” parties had the effects of a narrow-based federal shared-rule, as EPRDF which was the only channel to influence the center. Party-state inseparability was the other gap to the check of power and in establishing the neutrality of the state to deal with ethnic-driven conflict, as a major pathology to the stability of ethnic federal systems. Finally, the power nucleus in the EPRDF created the dominance of TPLF at the perils of diminishing the representative legitimacy and the subordinate position of the “affiliate parties” to EPRDF. https://journals.uj.ac.za/index.php/ajps/article/view/1476Dominant-partycentralismstate-party fusionfederalism and federal operation |
| spellingShingle | Yohannes Haile Getahun Hegemonic Party System and Federalism African Journal of Political Science Dominant-party centralism state-party fusion federalism and federal operation |
| title | Hegemonic Party System and Federalism |
| title_full | Hegemonic Party System and Federalism |
| title_fullStr | Hegemonic Party System and Federalism |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hegemonic Party System and Federalism |
| title_short | Hegemonic Party System and Federalism |
| title_sort | hegemonic party system and federalism |
| topic | Dominant-party centralism state-party fusion federalism and federal operation |
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