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100			_aMendis, Seid and Smitha, K.C. _938650
245			_aThe attitude of ethnic based political parties towards national unity in Ethiopia
260			_aSouth Asian Journal of Socio-Political Studies
300			_a23(1), Jul-Dec, 2022: p.102-111
520			_aEthiopia follows an ethnic-based federal system as a result of promoting an ethnic-dominant political system in the country, which leads to ethnic cleavage and societal divisions among different ethnic groups by the main actors of ethnic-based political parties that undermine national unity. The objective of this study is to examine the attitude of ethnically based political parties (EBPPs) towards national unity in Ethiopia. Descriptive and exploratory research designs were used with quantitative and qualitative approaches. Primary and secondary data sources are employed. Primary data was collected from the common citizen respondents through surveys and key informant interviews and secondary data from published and unpublished documents, proclamations, the constitution of Ethiopia, books, journals, and dissertations. The researcher used purposive sampling for the selection of study areas and snowball techniques for survey respondents. Descriptive and thematic analyses were used for this study. The findings of this study revealed that EBPPs have negative impacts on national unity in terms of the importance of their attitudes towards national unity. Moreover, the importance of EBPPs for national unity in Ethiopia is very low to the extent that even those party leaders and members of EBPPs have no firm stance on its importance (they respond that it is not important). EBPPs’ attitude towards national unity is negative and highly distorted; they are focused on their own ethnic group agenda rather than the common issues.- Reproduced
650			_aPolitical parties, Ethnic based political parties, Nation, National unity, Ethiopia. _936802
773			_aSouth Asian Journal of Socio-Political Studies
906			_aPOLITICAL PARTIES
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