A HISTORY OF MAJOR SOCIO-ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF QOLLA DÄGA DAMOT  AWRAJJA, 1974-1991

MIHRETU, MASTEWAL

dc.contributor.author	MIHRETU, MASTEWAL
dc.date.accessioned	2021-03-25T05:51:45Z
dc.date.available	2021-03-25T05:51:45Z
dc.date.issued	2021-03-25
dc.identifier.uri	http://ir.bdu.edu.et/handle/123456789/12064
dc.description.abstract	This study on the socio-economic history of Qolla Däga Damot Awrajja, 1974 to 1991 is basically aimed to elucidate the basic socio-economic patterns of the awrajja during the time of Därg. The occurrence of opposite reactions; happiness versus opposition on the 1974 revolution is underlined here. The 1975 land reform declaration was also one of the basic reforms undertaken by the Därg to won the support of the peasantry. Though majority of the peasants gave plenary support for this reform, the privileged section of the former system strongly resisted such reform as the threat of their privilege and even survival. In addition Därg tremendously worked to install socialist socio-economic patterns like cooperatives, state farm, villagization and the so on. 74 service and 127 producer cooperatives were established in Qolla Däga Damot to tie the peasants together economically and socially. Ber State Farm was another ingredient that enabled Därg to exploit the agricultural potential of the awrajja by using mechanized farming. Besides in the social arena literacy campaign, villagization and resettlement were the other most significant ingredient of socialist Därg. In bringing with well-justified, coherent and reliable historical memo on the theme understudy, both primary and secondary sources were properly utilized as far as possible. The primary sources used for this study include both informants and archival sources such as letters, minutes of meetings, proclamations and reports. Scholarly works such as books, articles of academic journals, senior essays, theses and dissertations are basic secondary sources which can be part of this study. The available sources are checked and rechecked as far as possible to avoid illusions on the study points. Needless to say, the negative impact of Covid-19 in the course of collecting data was considerabl	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.subject	OF HISTORY AND HERITAGE MANAGEMENT	en_US
dc.title	A HISTORY OF MAJOR SOCIO-ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF QOLLA DÄGA DAMOT AWRAJJA, 1974-1991	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US