Differential Vulnerability to Conflict in Ethiopia

Andualem Zewdie

ISBN 10: 3659245968 / ISBN 13: 9783659245961

Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing Sep 2012, 2012

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Neuware -Often scholars hold the view that pastoral mode of subsistence by its nature has rooms for vulnerability to conflict;whereas sedentary farmers as the farthest thing from conflict. This study set out to probe the vulnerability or immunity of the above modes of subsistence to conflict among the Guji of Ethiopia.It has been found out that conflict has been and still is observed in pastoralist as well as farming Guji communities. The finding of the study proves that conflict cuts across modes of subsistence with varying degrees of intensity which are inversely related to the frequency of conflict. The other major finding, the size of property loss is inversely related to the capacity for mobility. In general, both farming and pastoralist Guji have been and still are vulnerable to conflict with other communities, conflicts that run the gamut from latent and manifest all the way to direct and bloody violence; with varying degrees; hence the differential vulnerability to conflict of the two Guji communities. The analysis should help shed some light on the two modes of subsistence vis ä vis conflict, and especially useful to professionals & practitioners in Peace and Security Studies.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 168 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Differential Vulnerability to Conflict in Ethiopia
• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing Sep 2012
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3659245968
• ISBN 13: 9783659245961
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 220W x 150H x 11D millimeters 220 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 11 millimeters depth
• Weight: 268 grams

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Synopsis

Often scholars hold the view that pastoral mode of subsistence by its nature has rooms for vulnerability to conflict;whereas sedentary farmers as the farthest thing from conflict. This study set out to probe the vulnerability or immunity of the above modes of subsistence to conflict among the Guji of Ethiopia.It has been found out that conflict has been and still is observed in pastoralist as well as farming Guji communities. The finding of the study proves that conflict cuts across modes of subsistence with varying degrees of intensity which are inversely related to the frequency of conflict. The other major finding, the size of property loss is inversely related to the capacity for mobility. In general, both farming and pastoralist Guji have been and still are vulnerable to conflict with other communities, conflicts that run the gamut from latent and manifest all the way to direct and bloody violence; with varying degrees; hence the differential vulnerability to conflict of the two Guji communities. The analysis should help shed some light on the two modes of subsistence vis a’ vis conflict, and especially useful to professionals & practitioners in Peace and Security Studies.

About the Author

Andualem Zewdie is lecturer at School of Humanities & Law, Adama Science & Technology University(ASTU)-Ethiopia.He held MA in Peace & Security Studies from Addis Ababa University. Furthermore, he has been doing another MA in International Relations. Since 2005 he has been serving the university at different posts including department head.