Voting, violence and violations
Peasant voices on the flawed elections in Hadiya, Southern Ethiopia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4251386 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kjetil Tronvoll (0000-0002-0599-6674, University of Oslo, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 697-716 |
| Publication date | 2001-12-01 |
| 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/s0022278x01003743 |
| OpenAlex | W2162403500 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 4 |
This article presents peasant grievances on the flawed 2000 elections in Hadiya zone, southern Ethiopia. For the first time in Ethiopia's electoral history, an opposition party managed to win the majority of the votes in one administrative zone. In the run-up to the elections, government cadres and officials intimidated and harassed candidates and members from the opposition Hadiya National Democratic Organisation (HNDO). Several candidates and members were arrested and political campaigning was restricted. On election day, widespread attempts at rigging the election took place, and violence was exerted in several places by government cadres and the police. Despite the government's attempt to curtail and control the elections in Hadiya, the opposition party mobilised the people in a popular protest to challenge the government party's political hegemony - and won. If this is an indication of a permanent shift of power relations in Hadiya, it is however, too early to say
Coalition government · Democracy · General election · Hegemony · Opposition (politics) · Peasant · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Voting · African history and culture analysis · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Law · Political theory and Gramsci · Public Administration
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| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2025 (26) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |