Biruk Terrefe
Biographic Data
| ID | 217066 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Biruk Terrefe |
| GIVEN NAMES | Biruk |
| FAMILY NAME | Terrefe |
| SIGNATURE | TERREFE B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oxford |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7557-0188 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 40 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Politics and the Urban Frontier
Africa's cities are rapidly expanding.Many governments attempt to actively shape the livelihoods of their urban citizens through a range of political directives and infrastructural investments.Goodfellow's 'Politics and the Urban Frontier: Transformation and Divergence in Late Urbanizing East Africa' makes sense of these dynamics through a theoretically innovative and empirically rich analysis of why Kampala, Kigali, and Addis Ababa have develope…
The road (not) taken
This article offers a longitudinal study of the complex entanglements between infrastructure and sovereignty in the Horn of Africa. By analysing Ethiopia's imperial transport corridors, the political economy of Djibouti's Red Sea ports, and the Greater Nile Oil Pipeline between South Sudan, Khartoum, and global markets, we underline the co-production of infrastructure and sovereignty as a defining feature of regional politics in the last 150 year…
Infrastructures of Renaissance
In late 2014, disputes around land, displacement and compensation related to the roll-out of big infrastructure projects across Ethiopia mutated into much deeper conflicts about the authoritarian nature of the state, the political marginalization of particular ethnic groups and the legitimacy of the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF). As security forces continued to quell mounting protests, the federal government imposed a …
Urban layers of political rupture
From the Derg’s restoration of Meskel Square for its military parades and Meles Zenawi’s Light-Rail Transit (LRT) and condominium social housing projects to Abiy Ahmed’s high-end luxury real estate and urban tourism schemes, megaprojects have collapsed Ethiopia’s political history into an urban bricolage of shifting ideologies and new priorities. At this critical juncture, where questions of political rupture and continuity become salient, this p…
Urban layers of political rupture
From the Derg’s restoration of Meskel Square for its military parades and Meles Zenawi’s Light-Rail Transit (LRT) and condominium social housing projects to Abiy Ahmed’s high-end luxury real estate and urban tourism schemes, megaprojects have collapsed Ethiopia’s political history into an urban bricolage of shifting ideologies and new priorities. At this critical juncture, where questions of political rupture and continuity become salient, this p…
Infrastructures of Renaissance
In late 2014, disputes around land, displacement and compensation related to the roll-out of big infrastructure projects across Ethiopia mutated into much deeper conflicts about the authoritarian nature of the state, the political marginalization of particular ethnic groups and the legitimacy of the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF). As security forces continued to quell mounting protests, the federal government imposed a …
The road (not) taken
This article offers a longitudinal study of the complex entanglements between infrastructure and sovereignty in the Horn of Africa. By analysing Ethiopia's imperial transport corridors, the political economy of Djibouti's Red Sea ports, and the Greater Nile Oil Pipeline between South Sudan, Khartoum, and global markets, we underline the co-production of infrastructure and sovereignty as a defining feature of regional politics in the last 150 year…
Urban layers of political rupture
From the Derg’s restoration of Meskel Square for its military parades and Meles Zenawi’s Light-Rail Transit (LRT) and condominium social housing projects to Abiy Ahmed’s high-end luxury real estate and urban tourism schemes, megaprojects have collapsed Ethiopia’s political history into an urban bricolage of shifting ideologies and new priorities. At this critical juncture, where questions of political rupture and continuity become salient, this p…
Infrastructures of Renaissance
In late 2014, disputes around land, displacement and compensation related to the roll-out of big infrastructure projects across Ethiopia mutated into much deeper conflicts about the authoritarian nature of the state, the political marginalization of particular ethnic groups and the legitimacy of the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF). As security forces continued to quell mounting protests, the federal government imposed a …
Politics and the Urban Frontier
Africa's cities are rapidly expanding.Many governments attempt to actively shape the livelihoods of their urban citizens through a range of political directives and infrastructural investments.Goodfellow's 'Politics and the Urban Frontier: Transformation and Divergence in Late Urbanizing East Africa' makes sense of these dynamics through a theoretically innovative and empirically rich analysis of why Kampala, Kigali, and Addis Ababa have develope…
The road (not) taken
This article offers a longitudinal study of the complex entanglements between infrastructure and sovereignty in the Horn of Africa. By analysing Ethiopia's imperial transport corridors, the political economy of Djibouti's Red Sea ports, and the Greater Nile Oil Pipeline between South Sudan, Khartoum, and global markets, we underline the co-production of infrastructure and sovereignty as a defining feature of regional politics in the last 150 year…
Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Political economy (3 works) · Water Governance and Infrastructure (3 works) · Economic geography (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Economy (2 works) · Geography (2 works)