TY - GEN T1 - Ethiopia's 'developmental state' : political order and distributive crisis T2 - African Studies ; A1 - Lavers, Tom LA - English PP - Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY PB - Cambridge University Press YR - 2024 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/Cambridge_open_access_CR9781009428316 AB - 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. OP - 351 NO - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 22 Sep 2023). CN - HC845 .L38 2024 SN - 9781009428316 (ebook) SN - 9781009428293 (hardback) SN - 9781009428309 (paperback) SN - 9781009428293 KW - Economic development : Political aspects : Ethiopia. KW - Ethiopia : Politics and government. ER -