Cover; Contents; Table of Statutes; Table of Cases; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Towards the Recognition of Ethnic Diversity; 3 Federalism as Institutional Design to Recognize and Accommodate Ethnic Diversity; 4 Ethnicity in South Africa's Political and Constitutional Development; 5 Institutional Recognition and Accommodation of Ethnic Diversity in South Africa; 6 Ethnicity in Ethiopia's Political and Constitutional Development; 7 Marrying Federalism with Ethnicity: The Case of Ethiopia; 8 Conclusion and Lessons; Bibliography; Index
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
