@article{888172,
      author = {Smith, Lahra,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/888172},
      title = {Making citizens in Africa ethnicity, gender, and national  identity in Ethiopia / [electronic resource] :},
      publisher = {Cambridge University Press,},
      abstract = {"Making Citizens in Africa argues that citizenship  creation and expansion is a pivotal part of political  contestation in Africa today. Citizenship is a powerful  analytical tool with which to approach political life in  contemporary Africa because the institutional and  structural reforms of the past two decades have been  inextricably linked with the battle over the "right to have  rights." Professor Lahra Smith's work advances the notion  of meaningful citizenship, which refers to the way in which  rights are exercised, or the effective practice of  citizenship. Using data from Ethiopia and developing a  historically informed and empirically nuanced study of  language policy and ethnicity and gender identities, this  book analyzes the contestation over citizenship that  engages the state, social movements, and individuals in  substantive ways. By combining original data on language  policy in contemporary Ethiopia with detailed historical  study and an analytical focus on ethnicity, citizenship,  and gender, this work not only brings a fresh approach to  Ethiopian political development but also to contemporary  citizenship concerns relevant to other parts of Africa"--},
      recid = {888172},
      pages = {xviii, 252 p. :},
      address = {Cambridge :},
      year = {2013},
}