Local elections in the southern region of Ethiopia

• Ethiopia 2001: Local elections in the southern region
  • Preface
  • Two stories told: The 2001 local elections in Kambata, Tambaro, Hadiya and sidama
    • The contestants
    • Elections and the concern for individual and communal safety
  • Expectations unfulfilled
    • The election campaign
    • Joint committees
    • Withdrawal and cancellation of opposition candidates
    • The role of armed guards
    • Kebele and woreda officials intervening
    • Imprisonment of opposition activists
    • Opposition withdrawing from the kebele elections
    • Conclusion: elections as a “zero sum game”
  • “Voting is like shaking one hand”: The zonal and woreda elections 2001 in Hadiya and Gedeo
    • A people with political tradition
    • People protest in the streets
    • Voting with only one alternative
    • Complaints of the opposition
    • Complaints of the ruling party
    • Control and coercion
    • A structure of administrative control
    • Candidates and representation
    • Nothing new in Gedeo?
    • Conclusion: Election without competition
  • Conclusion: Democracy lives where local people experience it