An Analysis of the influence of politics on policing in Ethiopia

✍ Scribed by Workneh Gebeyehu

• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 170
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Workneh Gebeyehu is the Foreign Affairs Minister of Ethiopia who also has an experience in policing and security apparatus. His PhD thesis addressed Ethiopia's history of police practice vis a vis politics.

✦ Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ii
DEDICATION iii
SUMMARY iv
DECLARATION vi
ACRONYMS vii
TABLE OF CONTENTS viii
CHAPTER ONE: GENERAL ORIENTATION
1.1 INTRODUCTION 1
1.2 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY 2
1.3 A BRIEF HISTORY OF POLICING AND POLITICS 4
1.3.1 The Role of Politics in Policing in Ethiopia from 1941 to 1973 6
1.3.2 The Role of Politics in Policing in Ethiopia from 1974 to 1991 8
1.3.3 The Role of Politics in Policing in Ethiopia from 1992 to date 11
1.4 PROBLEM STATEMENT 14
1.5 RESEARCH QUESTIONS 16
1.6 RESEARCH OBJECTIVES 17
1.7 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY 17
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1.8 THE DEFINITION OF CONCEPTS 18
1.8.1 Politics 18
1.8.2 Policing 19
1.8.3 Police and Police Officer 19
1.8.4 Police-Independence 19
1.9 ORGANISATION OF THE THESIS 20
1.10 CONCLUSION 20
CHAPTER TWO: POLICING AND POLITICS IN ETHIOPIA FROM 1916 TO 1973
2.1 INTRODUCTION 22
2.2 THE ORIGIN OF THE ETHIOPIAN POLICE FORCE 22
2.3 THE USE OF THE POLICE DURING THE IMPERIAL REGIME 24
2.3.1 Promotional Regulations of the Police Force 26
2.3.2 The Structure of Law and Order 28
2.3.3 The Role of the Police During the Imperial's Crises 29
2.4 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE POLICE AND POLITICAL
OFFICE BEARERS 32
2.5 THE NATURE AND EXTENTS OF POLITICAL INTERFERENCE
IN THE POLICE 33
2.6 THE EFFECT OF POLITICAL INTERFERENCE IN POLICING 35
2.7 MEASURES TO DEAL WITH POLITICAL INTERFERENCE 37
2.8 POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY 42
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2.9 POLICE OVERSIGHT BODIES 47
2.10 THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MEASURES THAT ARE DESIGNED
TO DEAL WITH POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY 49
2.11 CONCLUSION 51
CHAPTER THREE: THE POLICE AND POLITICS IN ETHIOPIA FROM 1974 TO 1990
3.1 INTRODUCTION 55
3.2. THE POLICE FORCE DURING THE DERGUE REGIME 55
3.3 RECRUITMENT OF POLICE OFFICERS AND THE ORGANISATION
OF THE POLICE STRUCTURE 59
3.4 THE ROLE OF THE POLICE DURING THE REGIMES’ CRISES 62
3.5 CONCLUSION 64
CHAPTER FOUR: POLICE AND POLITICS IN ETHIOPIA FROM 1991 TO DATE
4.1 INTRODUCTION 66
4.2 HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE POLICE FORCE 67
4.3 THE ETHIOPIAN FEDERAL POLICE COMMISSION AND THE
REGIONAL POLICE 71
4.4 THE POLICE FORCE DURING THE TRANSITIONAL PERIOD 72
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4.4.1 The Organisation and Administration of the Federal Police Commissions 76
4.4.2 The Relationship Between the Federal and Regional Police Commission 79
4.4.3 Re-organisation of the Ethiopian Federal Police Commission 80
4.5 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE POLICE AND POLITICS 83
4.6 POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY 84
4.7 POLICE OVERSIGHT BODIES 85
4.8 THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF POLITICAL INTERVENTION
IN THE POLICE 85
4.9 THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE POLICE DURING THE STATE OF
EMERGENCY 86
4.10 THE EFFECT OF POLITICAL INFLUENCE ON POLICING 86
4.11 CONCLUSION 87
CHAPTER 5: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
5.1 INTRODUCTION 89
5.2. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 89
5.3 RESEARCH DEMARCATION 92
5.4 RESEARCH SAMPLE 92
5.5 DATA COLLECTION 101
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5.6 DATA ANALYSIS 103
5.7 VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY 104
5.8 ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS 104
5.9 CONCLUSION 105
CHAPTER SIX: RESEARCH FINDINGS
6.1. INTRODUCTION 107
6.2 LITERATURE FINDINGS 107
6.3 EMPIRICAL FINDINGS 110
6.4 CONCLUSION 119
CHAPTER SEVEN: RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE CONCLUSION OF THE
STUDY
7.1 INTRODUCTION 121
7.2 RECOMMENDATIONS 121
7.3 CONCLUSION 123
LIST OF REFERENCES 127
APPENDIX A: INTERVIEW SCHEDULE: PEOPLE WHO SERVED
THE POLICE PRIOR TO 1991 135
APPENDIX B: INTERVIEW SCHEDULE: PEOPLE WHO SERVED
THE POLICE POST 1991 139
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APPENDIX C: INTERVIEW SCHEDULE: INFORMED PUBLIC MEMBERS 143
APPENDIX D: QUESTIONNAIRES 151
APPENDIX E: CONSENT FORM 154
APPENDIX F: CERTIFICATION OF EDITION 156

✦ Subjects

Ethiopia, Police, EPRDF, Military