Decentralization to the household
Expansion and limits of state power in rural Oromiya
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2182255 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rony Emmenegger (0009-0009-8892-5916, University of Zurich), Sibilo Keno (University of Zurich), Tobias Hagmann (0000-0003-1745-2938, University of Zurich) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 733-754 |
| Publication date | 2011-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Eastern African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1753-1055 • E-ISSN: 1753-1063 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17531055.2011.642530 |
| OpenAlex | W2024765708 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 25 |
| References cited | 23 |
This article sheds light on the impacts and dynamics of the latest decentralization phase in Ethiopia, which seeks to professionalize and democratize local government. Based on recent field research in Oromiya Region, we draw attention to the paradoxes inherent in the top-down decentralization of public administration within an authoritarian one-party state. On the one hand, decentralization in Oromiya has empowered kebele administrations and facilitated the expansion of service delivery into rural hinterlands. In particular the sub- kebele state and party structure is instrumentalized by local governments to mobilize and control households. On the other hand, state authority remains limited as peasants resist and subvert state-led development works and kebele officials must rely on clientelistic networks to implement policies. Consequently, decentralization and kebele reform in post-1991 Ethiopia have so far neither altered the tradition of hierarchical state-society relations nor improved the lack of genuine representative democracy at kebele level
Authoritarianism · Clientelism · Decentralization · Democracy · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Government (linguistics · Local government · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · State (computer science · African history and culture analysis · African Studies and Ethnography · Land Rights and Reforms · Law · Public Administration
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Ethiopia's 'Developmental State
Ideology and succession politics in Ethiopia
Glocal Ethiopia
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The Ethiopian 2010 federal and regional elections
The 2008 Ethiopian local elections
Ethiopia
The Ethnogenesis of the Oromo Nation and Its Implications for Politics in Ethiopia
Clientelism and Ethiopia's post-1991 decentralisation
Powers - mengist - and peasants in rural Ethiopia
Powers - mengist - and peasants in rural Ethiopia
The autonomous power of the state
The Problem with the Locals
Learning to be Oromo
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| Unique citing works | 25 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,67 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2025 (15) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 25 |