Author: Professor Messay Kebede Title: Ethiopian Modernization: Opportunities and Derailments. Oct. 2023 ETHIOPIAN MODERNIZATION: OPPORTUNITIES AND DERAILMENTS ( Book by Prof. Messay Kebede) The book provides a strong set of arguments to support the view that Ethiopia’s modernization efforts were derailed by autocratic leaders who presided over extractive and exclusionary institutions. Authority and legitimacy came from […]
By Mersie Ejigu Issue date: October 2023, 11 Chapters, pages: 157, ISBN: not provided by Prof. Messay Kebede ETHIOPIAN MODERNIZATION: OPPORTUNITIES AND DERAILMENTS ( Book by Prof. Messay Kebede) A Critique by Mersie Ejigu January, 2024 Dear Prof. Messay, Thank you for sharing your book, ETHIOPIAN MODERNIZATION: OPPORTUNITIES AND DERAILMENTS, and making it easily accessible.
Book on current developments in Ethiopia (published by Palgrave MacMillan) – Listed on Amazon.com This new book on state fragility (authored by professor Belay Seyoum of Nova Southeastern University, Florida) focuses on the central problem of state fragility and failure in many developing countries from a multidisciplinary perspective. Fragile states encompass a wide range of
Yonas Biru, PhD I have written many articles on Amhara, Oromo and Tigrayan tribal elites. My relentless criticism of them as intellectually stunted and morally malnourished national curses has made me a target of their hoots of disdain. But candor obliges me to keep on writing. This article is triggered by Daniel Berhane’s book titled
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By S. W. Omamo (Author) Richardson-Omamo Books $9.49 By LJDemissie April 7, 2023 “The poisonous global rhetoric about inclusion and prejudice did not find a breeding ground in WFP Ethiopia. But we could not escape some of it. And as a black African man in the “international community” I could not dodge the worst of
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Lobbying and the US Foreign Policy Since the end of WW II, the U.S. has been the uncontested leader of the new international order. But that has swiftly changed. It is not only China and Russia that are contesting this leadership but there are a growing number of countries that are playing extremely crucial roles
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Reviewed by Charles W. McClellan This slim volume by distinguished scholar of African studies and law, Bereket Habte Selassie is part of Ohio University Press’s “Short Histories of Africa” series. This offering evinces the OUP’s progression from its usual focus on South African personalities. Unquestionably, Emperor Haile Selassie is among the preeminent figures of twentieth-century Africa,
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