Federalism as Fairness in Ethiopia

Bibliographic Data

ID21701341
AuthorsHelder De Schutter (0000-0002-2031-984X, Professor of Social and Political Philosophy, ku Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, [email protected], corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume28
Issue5
Pages811-844
Publication date2021-10-28
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal on Minority and Group Rights (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1385-4879 • E-ISSN: 1571-8115
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1163/15718115-bja10045
OpenAlexW3210988760
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited10

In this contribution I apply the normative political theory of multinational federalism to the case of Ethiopia. Can the political philosophy of multinational federalism ground Ethiopian federalism, and does Ethiopia satisfy its moral demands? To do so, I examine the Ethiopian federal system from the perspective of four desiderata of multinational federalism: (1) national-cultural self-government, (2) solidarity, (3) central government, and (4) linguistic justice. While Ethiopia’s federal structure has scored well with respect to (1) national-cultural self-government and (2) solidarity, it does face problems of (3) federal togetherness and (4) recognition of internal linguistic minorities. In the article several ways to overcome the two last-mentioned problems are suggested, although the article places these problems in perspective, as they trouble many multinational federal states

Dual federalism · Economic Justice · Federalism · Law and economics · Multinational corporation · Normative · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Solidarity · Law · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Political Systems and Governance · Public Administration · Religious Freedom and Discrimination

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