Introduction -- Towards the recognition of ethnic diversity -- Federalism as institutional design to recognize and accommodate ethnic diversity -- Ethnicity in South Africa's political and constitutional development -- Institutional recognition and accommodation of ethnic diversity in South Africa -- Ethnicity in Ethiopia's political and constitutional development -- Marrying federalism with ethnicity : the case of Ethiopia -- Conclusion and Lessons
Summary
The book examines how institutions of multi-ethnic states have been designed to accommodate ethnic diversity and maintain national unity. It locates institutional responses to the challenges of ethnic diversity within the context of a federal arrangement, examining how this has been used to reconcile the conflicting pressures of the demand for the recognition of distinctive identities, and the promotion of political and territorial integrity