TY  - BOOK
AU  - Legesse,Asmarom
TI  - Oromo democracy: An indigenous African political system 
SN  - 1569021392 (pbk.)
AV  - DT 390.G2 L44 2006
U1  - 306.2/089935 21
PY  - 2006///, c2000
CY  - Trenton, NJ
PB  - Red Sea Press
KW  - Oromo (African people)
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Democracy
KW  - Ethiopia
KW  - Democratisering
KW  - gtt
KW  - Staatsvormen
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 270-278) and index; Chapter 1; Oromo Democracy in an African Context --; Chapter 2; Oromo Warfare: Point and Counterpoint --; Chapter 3; The Oromo Polity: Key Institutions --; Chapter 4; Oromo Dual Organization and the Qallu Institution --; Chapter 5; Principles of Oromo Democracy: Explorations in Constitutional Thought --; Chapter 6; Analysis: Strengths and Weaknesses --; Appendix; Gada Chronology --; Fig 1.1; Map of Oromo --; Fig 3.1; Structure of Oromo Polity --; Fig 3.2; Gada Cycle --; Table 4.1; The idiom of Gada chronology --; Table 4.2; Bahrey's Chronology --; Table 4.3; Concordance of 16th Century Oromo Moietie and today's Borana moieties --; Fig 4.1; Replication and Rebuilding of Moities --; Fig 4.2; Oromo Cradlelands --; Fig 5.1; Representation of Oromo Cross-cutting Organizations --; Table 5.1; Alliance of alternate groups
ER  -