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Decentralization to the household: expansion and limits of state power in rural Oromiya

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2011
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Emmenegger, R., Keno, S., & Hagmann, T. (2011). Decentralization to the household: expansion and limits of state power in rural Oromiya. Journal of Eastern African Studies, 5(4), 733–754. https://doi.org/10.1080/17531055.2011.642530

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This article sheds light on the impacts and dynamics of the latest decentralization phase in Ethiopia, which seeks to professionalize and democratize local government. Based on recent field research in Oromiya Region, we draw attention to the paradoxes inherent in the top-down decentralization of public administration within an authoritarian one-party state. On the one hand, decentralization in Oromiya has empowered kebele administrations and facilitated the expansion of service delivery into rural hinterlands. In particular the sub-k

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  • Emmenegger, R
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  • Keno, S
  • Hagmann, T
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Journal of Eastern African Studies

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5

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4

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733

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754

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English

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2011

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2012-03-21

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1753-1055

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This is an electronic version of an article published in Emmenegger, R; Keno, S; Hagmann, T (2011). Decentralization to the household: expansion and limits of state power in rural Oromiya. Journal of Eastern African Studies, 5(4):733-754. Journal of Eastern African Studies is available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=1753-1055&volume=5&issue=4&spage=733

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Emmenegger, R., Keno, S., & Hagmann, T. (2011). Decentralization to the household: expansion and limits of state power in rural Oromiya. Journal of Eastern African Studies, 5(4), 733–754. https://doi.org/10.1080/17531055.2011.642530

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