The Tigray and Eritrean Peoples Liberation Fronts
A History of Tensions and Pragmatism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4251973 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Young (0000-0003-4085-9306, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 105-120 |
| Publication date | 1996-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Modern African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-278X • E-ISSN: 1469-7777 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022278x00055221 |
| OpenAlex | W1976384494 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 26 |
| References cited | 4 |
The Tigray Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF), and by extension the Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), the multi-ethnic coalition that it established and still dominates, is frequently considered to be a creation of, and beholden to, the Eritrean Peoples Liberation Front (EPLF). From this perspective the foreign loyalties of the TPLF made it an unsuitable, if not illegitimate, movement to lead the Transitional Government of Ethiopia (TGE) in 1991, and since 1995, the newly created Federal Democratic Republic. By way of contrast, this article attempts to demonstrate that the developing relationship between the TPLF and the EPLF during the course of their respective revolutionary struggles has been far more problematic and beset with tensions than critics are either aware of, or acknowledge, and that an understanding of their nature casts light on present and possible future differences between the respective regimes of Ethiopia and Eritrea
Democracy · Epistemology · Ethnic group · Front (military) · Geography · Government (linguistics) · Liberation movement · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Pragmatism · Sociology · African history and culture analysis · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · Law · Philosophy
Formative Alliances of Northeast African Insurgents
TPLF
Ethnicity and power in Ethiopia
Towards a cold peace? the outcome of the ethiopia ‐Eritrea war of 1988 ‐ 2000
From Ideology to Goals
Public Policy Failure or Historical Debacle? A Study of Eritrea's Relations With Ethiopia Since 1991
Limits to State‐Led Nation‐Building? An Eritrean Village Responds Selectively to the Plans of the Eritrean Government
The politics of national liberation in Ethiopia
The legacy of Meles Zenawi
Borders and boundaries in the state-making of Eritrea
A “party” at the border
Diversity, Violence, and Recognition
The recent political situation in Ethiopia and rapprochement with Eritrea
The Black Mediterranean
Recent experiences in South Africa and Ethiopia to accommodate cultural diversity
Regional dimensions of conflict in the Horn of Africa
After the Split
Critical junctures in the shaping of citizenship in Ethiopia
State making in the Horn of Africa
Ethiopia's civil wars
Low-intensity conflict in Eastern Sudan
Une histoire d'États
The Ethiopian famine' revisited
"African Diplomacy of Liberation. The Case of Eritrea's Search for an "African India
Old Problems in New Conflicts
The Trans-Mereb Experience
| Unique citing works | 26 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,87 |
| Citation span | 1996 - 2026 (31) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 22 |