Browsing by Author "Assefa, Habteselassie"

Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    Does Democratic Developmental State serve as an alternative development strategy in Africa? The cases of Ethiopia and South Africa.
    (Addis Ababa University, 2019-06) Assefa, Habteselassie
    The ‘Neoliberalism’ Ideology has failed to bring “development” in the ‘underdeveloped’ world. So it is worth looking for another alternative development strategy so as to extricate the population of the ‘underdeveloped’ world specially Africa from abject poverty and backwardness. Many development economists, other scholars and policy makers have been proposing that ‘Democratic Developmental States (DDS)’ would be the best alternative development strategy. Countries like Ethiopia and South Africa have emerged as in pursuing DDS. However, there has been a wide spread skepticism about the compatibility between ‘Democracy’ and ‘Developmental States’ so as DDS could be feasible. This thesis explores whether DDS can serve as alternative to ‘Neoliberalism’ for Africa’s Development. This thesis examines and analyses the experiences of Ethiopia and South Africa as a case study and concludes that the feasibility of DDS has been proven although it has short comings that needs to be addressed in respect of the realities of the ground. Key Concepts Democracy; Liberal democracy; Revolutionary democracy; Participatory democracy; Development; Developmental State; Democratic Developmental State; Neoliberalism