Ethiopia's 'developmental state' : political order and distributive crisis / Tom Lavers, University of Manchester.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lavers, Tom, author.

Series:

African Studies ; 168.

African studies series ; 168

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic development--Political aspects--Ethiopia.

Economic development.

Ethiopia--Politics and government.

Ethiopia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 351 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024.

Summary:

Ethiopia stands out as a leading example of state-led development in Africa. Tom Lavers offers in this book a comprehensive, multi-sector analysis of Ethiopia's development project, examining how regimes maintain power during the extended periods required to bring about economic transformation. Specifically, Lavers explores how the Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF, 1991-2019) sought to maintain political order through economic transformation, and why the party collapsed, leading to the outbreak of civil war in 2020. The book argues that the EPRDF sought to secure mass acquiescence through distribution of land and employment. However, rapid population growth and the limits of industrial policy in the contemporary global economy led to a distributive crisis that was a central factor in the regime's collapse. This Ethiopian experience raises important questions about the prospects for economic transformation elsewhere on the continent. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core at doi.org/9781009428316.

Contents:

Ethiopia and the challenge of late-late development

Structural transformation, late-late development and political order

Ethiopian state formation and the revolutionary origins of EPRDF dominance

Distributive threats, elite cohesion and the emergence of the "developmental state"

Land tenure and changing responses to the Agrarian question

Industrial policy and the challenge of mass employment creation

Urban development and the politics of expropriation

Distributive crises and access to social protection

Enmeshment and the limits of state infrastructural power

Distributive crisis, elite fragmentation and the collapse of the EPRDF

Late-late development and political order.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 22 Sep 2023).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781009428316 (ebook)

Access Restriction:

Open Access. Unrestricted online access