Developmentalism and its Depoliticizing Function
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2016-02
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Addis Ababa University
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Developmentalism has been introduced and used for the first time in history by East Asian nations. Accordingly, the concept of developmentalism get prized and adopted as a better ideology to bring rapid economic growth.
Consequently, it began to be implemented by other developing nations like countries in Africa. Despite the anti democratic practice of the developmental state ideology by Asian nations, the contemporary notion aspires in democratizing the ideology both in theory and practice. Particularly, the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) claimed the practice of developmentalism along with revolutionary democracy, subsequently characterized its self as ‘developmental democratic state’. However, the narratives of democratized developmentalism both in theory and practice portray contradiction. By taking what has been stated above as a background, this thesis analyzes the depoliticizing function of developmentalism based on the experiences of East Asian and African nations in general and Ethiopian practice of the ideology in particular. Methodologically, the thesis uses information gathered from official documents, books and others.
Key Words:Inclusive Development, Developmentalism, Revolutionary Democracy, Depoliticizing
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Inclusive Development; Developmentalism; Revolutionary Democracy; Depoliticizing