Nation building is a multifaceted and never ending process. It can be about national identity (Shore and Wright 1997:24-29; May 2003:1) and common symbols and rituals (Hansen and Stepputat 2001; Comaroff and Comaroff 2001:37-40) or, on the contrary, it can be about the official recognition of diversity (Van Cott 2000). It is about a shared history, but also about the invention of tradition and ...

Developmental State Model has been implemented in many countries across the globe. The model however oftentimes associated with unitary and authoritarian governance system as once practiced East Asian newly industrialized since mid- 20th century. Thus, a subject of contests for its compatibility constitutional democratic decentralized systems. As this article shows, Ethiopia's experminte federa...