Contesting Inequalities, Identities and Rights in Ethiopia

This book examines the relationship between inequalities and identities in relation to an unprecedented state advocacy of "ethnic rights" in post-civil war Ethiopia.

Data D. Barata is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at California State University, Sacramento, USA.

1. Introduction: Issues, Debates and Perspectives 2. New Beginning to an Old Nation: An Ethnography of State Reform and Human Rights Politics 3. Cultural Identities and Unequal Citizenship: Clans, Status Groups and the Capability to Claim Rights 4. Religion and Unequal Believers: The Protestants, the Orthodox Church, and the Indigenous Spirits in Tug of War 5. Contesting Land Rights in Shifting Political Contexts: A Battle Unlike Any Other 6. Conclusion: Identities and Equal Rights in a New Key