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

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socioeconomic

Type de record:

paper
Créateur:
Fan
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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.

Languages

Amharic

Licenses

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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