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Book launch & discussion: Ethiopia’s ‘Developmental State’: Political Order and Distributive Crisis
Co-hosted with the African Studies Seminar.
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.
Date:
1 February 2024, 15:30
Venue:
13 Bevington Road, 13 Bevington Road OX2 6NB
Venue Details:
Kirk-Greene Seminar Room, African Studies Centre
Speakers:
Biruk Terrefe (University of Oxford),
Tom Lavers (University of Manchester)
Organising department:
Centre for African Studies
Organiser:
Jason Mosley (University of Oxford)
Part of:
Northeast Africa Forum seminar series
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editor:
Jason Mosley
