Federalism as a tool for accomodation of ethinc diversity in Hawassa city



Abstract
The existing ethnic federal arrangement of the Federal democratic republic of Ethiopia (FDRE)
is devised with the aim to accommodate the interests of distinct ethnic groups in Ethiopia. This
paper attempted to conceptualize federalism as a tool for ethnic diversity accommodation
through reviewing the existing literatures on federalism, FDRE and south regional state
constitution, city proclamations, and primary data from interview made and with researchers'
interpretive arguments. The finding reveals that federalism at city government status contributes
to accommodate rights, interests, needs and claims of competing ethnic groups, especially of
ethnic minorities better at kebele institutional structures than at city institutional structures. At
city institutional structures the indigenous groups are better protected rather than the non
indigenous groups. Hence, the success of this process highly depends on the mechanisms
adopted for sharing powers and responsibilities; the nature, subject and degree of decentralized
power; and the willingness of authorities to allow the groups to exercise those powers, with other
factors. Finally, This Paper tries to recommend complementary legal instrument for farther
enhancement of ethinic diversity accommodation at city government status.
Keywords: Federalism, ethnic diversity, minority claims, ethnic accommodation, Indigenous
groups , Non indigenous groups, veto power, FDRE (Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia),
SNNPRS(the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Regional State)






Comments

Popular posts from this blog

ፓርቲው ምርጫ ቦርድ ከተፅዕኖ ነፃ ሳይሆን የምርጫ ጊዜ ሰሌዳ ማውጣቱን ተቃወመ

የሐዋሳ ሐይቅ ትሩፋት

በሲዳማ ክልል የትግራይ ተወላጆች ምክክር