Ethiopia’s ‘Developmental State’: Political Order and Distributive Crisis

Tom Lavers

doi:10.1017/9781009428316

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.

‘This is a rich, fascinating, and important book, essential for understanding contemporary Ethiopia’s state formation and development challenges within the wider context of both domestic and global transformations.’

Davide Chinigo Source: The Journal of Development Studies

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Ethiopia’s ‘Developmental State’
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Dedication
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Acknowledgements
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Abbreviations
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1 - Ethiopia and the Challenge of Late-Late Development
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2 - Structural Transformation, Late-Late Development and Political Order
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3 - Ethiopian State Formation and the Revolutionary Origins of EPRDF Dominance
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4 - Distributive Threats, Elite Cohesion and the Emergence of the ‘Developmental State’
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5 - Land Tenure and Changing Responses to the Agrarian Question
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6 - Industrial Policy and the Challenge of Mass Employment Creation
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7 - Urban Development and the Politics of Expropriation
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8 - Distributive Crises and Access to Social Protection
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9 - Enmeshment and the Limits of State Infrastructural Power
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10 - Distributive Crisis, Elite Fragmentation and the Collapse of the EPRDF
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11 - Late-Late Development and Political Order
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Glossary
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References
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Index
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African Studies Series - Series page
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Contents

Ethiopia’s ‘Developmental State’
pp i-i

African Studies Series - Series page
pp ii-ii

Ethiopia’s ‘Developmental State’ - Title page
pp iii-iii

Copyright page
pp iv-iv

Dedication
pp v-vi

Contents
pp vii-vii

Figures
pp viii-ix

Tables
pp x-x

Acknowledgements
pp xi-xiii

Abbreviations
pp xiv-xvi

1 - Ethiopia and the Challenge of Late-Late Development
pp 1-22

2 - Structural Transformation, Late-Late Development and Political Order
pp 23-55

3 - Ethiopian State Formation and the Revolutionary Origins of EPRDF Dominance
pp 56-83

4 - Distributive Threats, Elite Cohesion and the Emergence of the ‘Developmental State’
pp 84-111

5 - Land Tenure and Changing Responses to the Agrarian Question
pp 112-150

6 - Industrial Policy and the Challenge of Mass Employment Creation
pp 151-185

7 - Urban Development and the Politics of Expropriation
pp 186-209

8 - Distributive Crises and Access to Social Protection
pp 210-235

9 - Enmeshment and the Limits of State Infrastructural Power
pp 236-260

10 - Distributive Crisis, Elite Fragmentation and the Collapse of the EPRDF
pp 261-289

11 - Late-Late Development and Political Order
pp 290-310

Glossary
pp 311-312

References
pp 313-347

Index
pp 348-351

African Studies Series - Series page
pp 352-359

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