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020 _a9781139547468 (ebook)
020 _z9781107035317 (hardback)
020 _z9781107610385 (paperback)
040 _aUkCbUP
_beng
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_cUkCbUP
050 0 0 _aJQ3767.A2
_bS65 2013
082 0 0 _a323.60963
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100 1 _aSmith, Lahra,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aMaking Citizens in Africa :
_bEthnicity, Gender, and National Identity in Ethiopia /
_cLahra Smith.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2013.
300 _a1 online resource (276 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 0 _aAfrican Studies
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520 _aSmith argues that citizenship creation and expansion is a pivotal part of political contestation in Africa today. Citizenship is a powerful analytical tool to approach political life in contemporary Africa because the institutional and structural reforms of the past two decades have been inextricably linked with the battle over the 'right to have rights'. Professor Lahra Smith's work advances the notion of meaningful citizenship, referring to the ways in which rights are exercised, or the effective practice of citizenship. Using data from Ethiopia and developing a historically informed study of language policy, ethnicity and gender identities, Smith analyzes the contestation over citizenship that engages the state, social movements and individuals in substantive ways. By combining original data on language policy in contemporary Ethiopia with detailed historical study and a focus on ethnicity, citizenship and gender, this work brings a fresh approach to Ethiopian political development and contemporary citizenship concerns across Africa.
650 0 _aNational characteristics, Ethiopian
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9781107035317
830 0 _aAfrican Studies.
856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139547468
942 _2Dewey Decimal Classification
_ceBooks
999 _c37598
_d37598