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- Title
Democratization in the Ethiopian State from 2018–2021: A Mirage or Miracle?
- Authors
Ademe, Solomon Molla; Ali, Mohammed seid
- Abstract
Since the end of the 20th century, democratization has been the mantra of many states or regimes around the world. Some regimes or states may attempt a good start to the democratization process. However, various challenges may hamper the democratization process of such regimes. This study uses the post-2018 Ethiopian leadership’s democratization attempt as a litmus test to explore such experiences of regimes. Thus, the main objective of this paper is to unpack the challenges of the post-2018 democratization process in Ethiopia. This study has been explored with a qualitative research approach. According to the findings of this study, the TPLF’s ethnicization of political changes, the proliferation of ethnic extremists, the weak matrimony of the operative and normative functions of the Prosperity Party (PP), and the PP’s failure to operate the double standard function are the tough challenges that forced the democratization process in Ethiopia to remain in the realm of mirages rather than in the domain of its miraculous beginnings. These challenges have undermined the PP regime’s attempt to democratize the Ethiopian state in post-2018. Therefore, as these challenges are mainly related to the political elites’ aspirational contradictions, Ethiopian political elites should come to a consensus to democratize the Ethiopian state.
- Publication
Journal of Somali Studies (JoSS), 2022, Vol 9, Issue 3, p9
- ISSN
2056-5674
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.31920/2056-5682/2022/v9n3a1