Eurasian Empires as Blueprints for Ethiopia: From Ethnolinguistic Nation-State to Multiethnic Federa
Modern Ethiopia: the beginningsTransfer of ideas: from Central Europe to EthiopiaAntecedents and terminologyThe 1931 Constitution: the importation of Western concepts via JapanNation building and assimilation: the 1955 Revised Constitution and the 1974 Draft ConstitutionFrom the Soviet Union to Ethiopia’s ethnoterritorial federalismContesting ethnolinguistic homogenization: the Soviet Union as an inspirationComparing Soviet and Ethiopian constitutional approaches to ethnicityThe ‘ownership’ of ethnoterritorial unitsExtensive rights but limited autonomyThe incessant rise of ethnic demandsSociopolitical timeline of modern EthiopiaBibliography