Dereje Feyissa
Biographic Data
| ID | 118337 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dereje Feyissa |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dereje |
| FAMILY NAME | Feyissa |
| SIGNATURE | FEYISSA D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bayreuth |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 62 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Dynamics of Identification and Conflict: Anthropological Encounters
Dealing with the dynamics of identification and conflict, this book uses theoretical orientations ranging from political ecology to rational choice theory, interpretive approaches, Marxism and multiscalar analysis. Case studies set in Africa, Europe and Central Asia are grouped in three sections devoted to pastoralism, identity and migration. What connects all of these anthropological explorations is a close focus on processes of identification a…
The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church in the Context of State Reformation
There was a historical and political intimacy between the Ethiopian Tewahido Orthodox Church (EOTC) and the Ethiopian state until their relationship was profoundly modified after the 1974 Revolution and the secular rupture connected to that. This was followed by political reforms by successive governments, which have had a leveling effect on the religious field. The country's religious minorities—Muslims and Protestants—have been engaged in recog…
From Identification to Framing and Alignment: A New Approach to the Comparative Analysis of Collective Identities
We present a comprehensive framework for the comparative analysis of collective identities and corresponding processes of identification, framing, and alignment. Collective identities are defined as activated categories of likeness, distinction, and solidarity, located within any one of a number of possible frames (e.g., nationality, religion, and gender) and aligned series (e.g., national, regional, or local categories of identification). Emphas…
The contestation over the indigenous in Africa: The Ethiopian example
Muslims Renegotiating Marginality in Contemporary E thiopia
Ethiopian M uslims have only had access to public space and opportunity for religious self‐definition and collective influence since 1991. During little more than two decades, how have they advanced subjective agency within the political constraints of the current government, the E thiopian P eople's R evolutionary D emocratic F ront or EPRDF ? This article addresses that question by backgrounding the history of I slamic expansion into E thiopia,…
The transnational politics of the Ethiopian Muslim diaspora
n Long distance nationalism is the dominant perspective in transnational studies. It depicts the diaspora primarily as `conflict-makers? bent on advancing radical view points on homeland socio-political conflicts because of the unique decoupling of action from its consequences. Recent works have shifted the focus away from this negative image and have shown, through in-depth case studies, the constructive dimension of the transnational engagement…
The political economy of salt in the Afar Regional State in northeast Ethiopia
The Afar people are one of the most marginalised groups of people in the Horn of Africa. Politically they are fragmented into three countries – Ethiopia, Djibouti and Eritrea – and economically successive governments and more powerful neighbours have appropriated their fertile riverine lands. The economic and political marginalisation of the Afar in Ethiopia has continued even since the establishment of a federal system and the subsequent creatio…
Aid negotiation: The uneasy "partnership" between EPRDF and the donors
Ethiopia has become a major recipient of international development aid since the coming to power of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF). This is despite ideological differences between EPRDF and its donors. EPRDF champions the developmental state model that assigns to the state a key role in the development process within a dominant party political framework. Donors broadly fall within the liberalism continuum with the p…
Borders and Borderlands as Resources in the Horn of Africa
The cultural construction of state borders: The view from Gambella
The study of state borders has long been preoccupied with their artificiality and the negative impact they have had on the local people. Recent studies have shifted the focus on state borders away from constraints to state borders as conduits and opportunities. Different factors are involved in determining the conditions of resourcing state borders and borderlands. The paper argues that local perceptions – the range of cultural meanings attribute…
Aid negotiation: The uneasy "partnership" between EPRDF and the donors
Ethiopia has become a major recipient of international development aid since the coming to power of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF). This is despite ideological differences between EPRDF and its donors. EPRDF champions the developmental state model that assigns to the state a key role in the development process within a dominant party political framework. Donors broadly fall within the liberalism continuum with the p…
The cultural construction of state borders: The view from Gambella
The study of state borders has long been preoccupied with their artificiality and the negative impact they have had on the local people. Recent studies have shifted the focus on state borders away from constraints to state borders as conduits and opportunities. Different factors are involved in determining the conditions of resourcing state borders and borderlands. The paper argues that local perceptions – the range of cultural meanings attribute…
From Identification to Framing and Alignment: A New Approach to the Comparative Analysis of Collective Identities
We present a comprehensive framework for the comparative analysis of collective identities and corresponding processes of identification, framing, and alignment. Collective identities are defined as activated categories of likeness, distinction, and solidarity, located within any one of a number of possible frames (e.g., nationality, religion, and gender) and aligned series (e.g., national, regional, or local categories of identification). Emphas…
The transnational politics of the Ethiopian Muslim diaspora
n Long distance nationalism is the dominant perspective in transnational studies. It depicts the diaspora primarily as `conflict-makers? bent on advancing radical view points on homeland socio-political conflicts because of the unique decoupling of action from its consequences. Recent works have shifted the focus away from this negative image and have shown, through in-depth case studies, the constructive dimension of the transnational engagement…
Muslims Renegotiating Marginality in Contemporary E thiopia
Ethiopian M uslims have only had access to public space and opportunity for religious self‐definition and collective influence since 1991. During little more than two decades, how have they advanced subjective agency within the political constraints of the current government, the E thiopian P eople's R evolutionary D emocratic F ront or EPRDF ? This article addresses that question by backgrounding the history of I slamic expansion into E thiopia,…
The political economy of salt in the Afar Regional State in northeast Ethiopia
The Afar people are one of the most marginalised groups of people in the Horn of Africa. Politically they are fragmented into three countries – Ethiopia, Djibouti and Eritrea – and economically successive governments and more powerful neighbours have appropriated their fertile riverine lands. The economic and political marginalisation of the Afar in Ethiopia has continued even since the establishment of a federal system and the subsequent creatio…
Borders and Borderlands as Resources in the Horn of Africa
The cultural construction of state borders: The view from Gambella
The study of state borders has long been preoccupied with their artificiality and the negative impact they have had on the local people. Recent studies have shifted the focus on state borders away from constraints to state borders as conduits and opportunities. Different factors are involved in determining the conditions of resourcing state borders and borderlands. The paper argues that local perceptions – the range of cultural meanings attribute…
The political economy of salt in the Afar Regional State in northeast Ethiopia
The Afar people are one of the most marginalised groups of people in the Horn of Africa. Politically they are fragmented into three countries – Ethiopia, Djibouti and Eritrea – and economically successive governments and more powerful neighbours have appropriated their fertile riverine lands. The economic and political marginalisation of the Afar in Ethiopia has continued even since the establishment of a federal system and the subsequent creatio…
Aid negotiation: The uneasy "partnership" between EPRDF and the donors
Ethiopia has become a major recipient of international development aid since the coming to power of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF). This is despite ideological differences between EPRDF and its donors. EPRDF champions the developmental state model that assigns to the state a key role in the development process within a dominant party political framework. Donors broadly fall within the liberalism continuum with the p…
The transnational politics of the Ethiopian Muslim diaspora
n Long distance nationalism is the dominant perspective in transnational studies. It depicts the diaspora primarily as `conflict-makers? bent on advancing radical view points on homeland socio-political conflicts because of the unique decoupling of action from its consequences. Recent works have shifted the focus away from this negative image and have shown, through in-depth case studies, the constructive dimension of the transnational engagement…
Muslims Renegotiating Marginality in Contemporary E thiopia
Ethiopian M uslims have only had access to public space and opportunity for religious self‐definition and collective influence since 1991. During little more than two decades, how have they advanced subjective agency within the political constraints of the current government, the E thiopian P eople's R evolutionary D emocratic F ront or EPRDF ? This article addresses that question by backgrounding the history of I slamic expansion into E thiopia,…
The contestation over the indigenous in Africa: The Ethiopian example
From Identification to Framing and Alignment: A New Approach to the Comparative Analysis of Collective Identities
We present a comprehensive framework for the comparative analysis of collective identities and corresponding processes of identification, framing, and alignment. Collective identities are defined as activated categories of likeness, distinction, and solidarity, located within any one of a number of possible frames (e.g., nationality, religion, and gender) and aligned series (e.g., national, regional, or local categories of identification). Emphas…
Dynamics of Identification and Conflict: Anthropological Encounters
Dealing with the dynamics of identification and conflict, this book uses theoretical orientations ranging from political ecology to rational choice theory, interpretive approaches, Marxism and multiscalar analysis. Case studies set in Africa, Europe and Central Asia are grouped in three sections devoted to pastoralism, identity and migration. What connects all of these anthropological explorations is a close focus on processes of identification a…
The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church in the Context of State Reformation
There was a historical and political intimacy between the Ethiopian Tewahido Orthodox Church (EOTC) and the Ethiopian state until their relationship was profoundly modified after the 1974 Revolution and the secular rupture connected to that. This was followed by political reforms by successive governments, which have had a leveling effect on the religious field. The country's religious minorities—Muslims and Protestants—have been engaged in recog…
Political science (10 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Politics (7 works) · African history and culture analysis (6 works) · Geography (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Law (5 works) · State (computer science (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Economic geography (3 works)