Asnake Kefale is an Associate Professor of Political Science and International Relations at the Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.Tomasz Kamusella is Reader (professor extraordinarius) in Modern History at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, UK.Christophe Van der Beken is an Associate Professor of Constitutional Law, Federalism and Human Rights at Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

• Introduction 1. The 1931 Constitution: The Importation of Western Concepts via Japan 2. From the Soviet Union to Ethiopia's Ethnoterritorial Federalism Conclusion

"The volume [is] an original contribution to scholarship, especially at a time when Ethiopia is increasingly of interest to international audiences."Jan Erk, Leiden University, Netherlands"[T]his book is very timely and capable of informing the [political] debates currently taking place in Ethiopia."Zemelak Ayele, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

Asnake Kefale is an Associate Professor of Political Science and International Relations at the Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.Tomasz Kamusella is Reader (professor extraordinarius) in Modern History at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, UK.Christophe Van der Beken is an Associate Professor of Constitutional Law, Federalism and Human Rights at Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

• Introduction 1. The 1931 Constitution: The Importation of Western Concepts via Japan 2. From the Soviet Union to Ethiopia's Ethnoterritorial Federalism Conclusion

"The volume [is] an original contribution to scholarship, especially at a time when Ethiopia is increasingly of interest to international audiences."Jan Erk, Leiden University, Netherlands"[T]his book is very timely and capable of informing the [political] debates currently taking place in Ethiopia."Zemelak Ayele, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

Asnake Kefale is an Associate Professor of Political Science and International Relations at the Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.Tomasz Kamusella is Reader (professor extraordinarius) in Modern History at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, UK.Christophe Van der Beken is an Associate Professor of Constitutional Law, Federalism and Human Rights at Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

• Introduction 1. The 1931 Constitution: The Importation of Western Concepts via Japan 2. From the Soviet Union to Ethiopia's Ethnoterritorial Federalism Conclusion

"The volume [is] an original contribution to scholarship, especially at a time when Ethiopia is increasingly of interest to international audiences."Jan Erk, Leiden University, Netherlands"[T]his book is very timely and capable of informing the [political] debates currently taking place in Ethiopia."Zemelak Ayele, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia