Peasant revolution in Ethiopia : the Tigray People's Liberation Front, 1975-1991
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Peasant revolution in Ethiopia : the Tigray People's Liberation Front, 1975-1991
(African studies series, 90 [i.e. 91])
Cambridge University Press, 2006
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Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto Universityアフリカ専攻
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"This digitally printed first paperback version 2006"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. 248-265) and index
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Description
In the wake of the overthrow of the Haile-Selassie regime in Ethiopia in 1974 and the coming to power of the military, a number of opposition forces launched insurrections. But only one movement, the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) triumphed, liberating Tigray in 1989, and in an ethnic-based coalition which it dominated, assuming state power in 1991. This is the first chronicle of the history of that struggle, and it is based largely on interviews with peasants who formed the core of the Tigrayan revolution and the TPLF leadership. It provides the necessary background to understanding post-1991 political developments in Ethiopia. It also offers an explanation of peasant-based revolution that contrasts with contemporary approaches by Marxists, Skocpol, and in particular the works of Wolf, Paige and Scott, all of whom largely ignore the political considerations and the role of the revolutionary party, which Dr Young identifies as a critical element in his study.
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Peasants and revolutions: theoretical directions
- 2. Historical and social background
- 3. Tigray on the eve of insurrection
- 4. Struggle for opposition ascendancy: 1975-8
- 5. Challenges and advances: 1978-85
- 6. Triumph: 1985-91
- 7. TPLF and the peasants
- 8. Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
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