Ethiopia's 'developmental state' political order and distributive crisis

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....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lavers, Tom
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY Cambridge University Press 2024
Series:African studies series
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Collection: Cambridge Books Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of 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