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Securitisation of development in Ethiopia: the discourse and politics of developmentalism

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  • Fana Gebresenbet

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This paper examines the developmental discourse of the Ethiopian government since 2001. This discourse frames poverty as an existential threat to Ethiopia, and it securitises development. The securitisation of a public issue gives credence to the immediate need for wider state powers and the aggressive mobilisation of (natural, financial and human) resources - at times by ignoring agreed-upon conventions - to combat a perceived existential threat. Thus, the argument is that the securitisation of development is rationalising the drive to aggressively extract and mobilise resources as well as increasing the power and stature of the ruling coalition.

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  • Fana Gebresenbet, 2014. "Securitisation of development in Ethiopia: the discourse and politics of developmentalism," Review of African Political Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 41(sup1), pages 64-74, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:revape:v:41:y:2014:i:sup1:p:s64-s74
    DOI: 10.1080/03056244.2014.976191
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    1. Kelecha, Mebratu, 2022. "A critique of building a developmental state in the EPRDF's Ethiopia," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 115567, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    2. Tura, Husen Ahmed, 2018. "Land rights and land grabbing in Oromia, Ethiopia," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 70(C), pages 247-255.
    3. Jonathan Baker, 2019. "State, Governance and the Creation of Small Towns in Ethiopia," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 31(1), pages 34-52, January.

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