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

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 aggress...

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Published in:Review of African political economy 2014-10, Vol.41 (sup1), p.S64-S74
Main Author: Gebresenbet, Fana
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
accaparement des terres
Aggression
Coalitions
Congresses and Conventions
Development
Development Strategies
developmental state
Discourse
Discourse analysis
Economic development
EPRDF
Ethiopia
existential threat
Human Resources
land grabbing
menace existentielle
Motivation
Political economy
Political mobilization
Politics
Poverty
Public Finance
securitisation
Securitization
Security
State Power
Studies
sécuritisation
Threat
état développementiste
Éthiopie
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0305-6244
1740-1720
DOI:10.1080/03056244.2014.976191