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Domesticating Democracy?

Civic and Ethical Education Textbooks in Secondary Schools in Democratizing Ethiopia

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In 1994 in Ethiopia, after the fall of the military regime that had been in power since 1977, a new constitution was adopted, and the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE) was officially established. This chapter examines the role that civic education has played in permeating the concept of democracy in a multicultural developing country emerging from one-party rule.

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  1. Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan

    Shoko Yamada

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  1. The George Washington University, Washington D.C, USA

    James H. Williams

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Yamada, S. (2014). Domesticating Democracy?. In: Williams, J.H. (eds) (Re)Constructing Memory. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-656-1_3

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