When Theory Misses History

Yonas Ashine
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As the latest addition to the literature on the Ethiopian developmental state, published mainly in the context of the political crisis that has been currently shaking the country, any reader of (Ethiopian) political economy would benefit from reading this book. The Ethiopian developmental state and its ‘impressive’ achievement is the central subject matter of Aaron Tesfaye’s book. Conceptualizing economic development broadly as a process of transforming not onlythe economic sector but also the social and the political structure of a country, the author explores this transformationprocess anchoring his analysis on the role of the Ethiopian state. Defining the developmental state by its ideology andstructural autonomy from society, Aaron sets the major problematique of the book- the history of successful developmental states in Africa - in order to debunk the Afro-pessimist representation of African states as collapsed and too weak to be agents of development. Indeed, using the success stories of Botswana and the emerging success of Ethiopia as evidence, the author debunks the pessimist representation of African states. It is the empirical record of economic growth measured in GDP and the impressive performance in achieving Millennium Development Goals and self-proclaimed emulation project of ‘developmental’ state by Ethiopian leaders, acclaimed by scholars and international aid agencies alike, that constitute the rationale of Aaron’s book.
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当理论错过历史
作为最新的关于埃塞俄比亚发展国家的文献,主要是在政治危机的背景下出版的,目前已经动摇了这个国家,任何(埃塞俄比亚)政治经济学的读者都会从这本书中受益。埃塞俄比亚的发展国家及其“令人印象深刻”的成就是Aaron Tesfaye这本书的中心主题。作者将经济发展广义地定义为不仅是经济部门转型,而且是一个国家的社会和政治结构转型的过程,并通过对埃塞俄比亚国家角色的分析来探讨这一转型过程。亚伦通过意识形态和社会结构上的自主性来定义发展型国家,他设定了书中的主要问题——非洲成功的发展型国家的历史——以揭穿非洲悲观主义者对非洲国家的看法,即非洲国家崩溃了,太弱了,不能成为发展的推动者。事实上,作者以博茨瓦纳的成功故事和埃塞俄比亚的新兴成功作为证据,揭穿了对非洲国家的悲观看法。以GDP衡量的经济增长的经验记录,以及埃塞俄比亚领导人在实现千年发展目标和自称为“发展”国家的模拟项目方面的令人印象深刻的表现,受到学者和国际援助机构的一致赞誉,构成了亚伦这本书的基本原理。
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