Mebratu Kelecha
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 4050668 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Mebratu Kelecha |
| PRENOMES | Mebratu |
| SOBRENOME | Kelecha |
| ASSINATURA | KELECHA M |
| AFILIAÇÕES | London School of Economics and Political Science |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6997-3455 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 9 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 17 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 9 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2021 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Towards Non-Adversarial Democracy
This article proposes a non-adversarial multiparty electoral system inspired by the indigenous Gada system in Ethiopia as a means of achieving a stable and sustainable democracy. The system emphasises cooperation, inclusivity, and consensus-building, incorporating elements of representative, deliberative, and participatory models. The article argues that this non-adversarial scheme can enhance the legitimacy of political institutions, facilitate …
Africa’s deferred liberation
Africa’s political independence has not resolved the fundamental contradiction of the postcolonial condition: liberation movements often reproduced colonial logics of domination. Drawing on Frantz Fanon and Achille Mbembe, this debate piece argues that anticolonial violence and inherited state forms have yielded a sovereign power that mimics colonial coercion, while global capitalism, debt and structural adjustment have entrenched ‘choiceless dem…
Political and Ideological Legacy of Ethiopia's Contested Nation-Building
Ethiopia's nation-building is rife with accusations and claims of past atrocities and injustices from the time of Emperor Menelik's southward expansion to recent political discourse since 2018. This article attempts to capture these complexities embedded in the making of the modern Ethiopian state, critiquing both modernization and colonial theses used to explain this process, with an emphasis on Oromo politics, the legacy of political and ideolo…
The Crisis of Democratization in the Greater Horn of Africa
Understanding Ethiopia's Tigray war
Understanding Ethiopia's Tigray war. By Martin Plaut and Sarah Vaughan. London: Hurst. 2023. 392pp. Pb.: £25.00. ISBN978 1 78738 811 6. Available as e-book
Decolonizing Religion and Peacebuilding. Atalia Omer
Atalia Omer, ‘Decolonizing Religion and Peacebuilding,’ Oxford University Press, 2023, Print ISBN: 9780197683019, Online ISBN: 9780197683057, Number of Pages: 304, Price: $34.95, E-book available online at Oxford Academic
African Refugees
Toyin Falolaand Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso,African Refugees ( Indiana University Press, Bloomington 2023) 634 pp, ISBN 978-0-2530-6441-7 (hbk), ISBN 978-0-2530-6442-4 (pbk), ISBN 978-0-2530-6443-1 (ebk)
A critique of building a developmental state in the EPRDF's Ethiopia
This article explores the main features of Ethiopia's ‘developmental state’ and takes a critical look at how the model is applied in practice, capturing parallels and contradictions through comparative evidence with that of the East Asia model. Accordingly, it notes that the East Asian model has a strong ideological influence on the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) regime, allowing it to formulate a strong vision of devel…
Oromo Protests, Repression, and Political Change in Ethiopia, 2014–2020
This article provides a chronological analysis of the Oromo social movements that have contributed to the recent major political changes in Ethiopia. It draws on theories of nonviolent social movements, political defiance, and the transition approach of democratization in analyzing the chain of event that led to political changes in early 2018. This helps put the protests in perspective in terms of Ethiopia's political trajectory, explaining how …
Political and Ideological Legacy of Ethiopia's Contested Nation-Building
Ethiopia's nation-building is rife with accusations and claims of past atrocities and injustices from the time of Emperor Menelik's southward expansion to recent political discourse since 2018. This article attempts to capture these complexities embedded in the making of the modern Ethiopian state, critiquing both modernization and colonial theses used to explain this process, with an emphasis on Oromo politics, the legacy of political and ideolo…
Understanding Ethiopia's Tigray war
Understanding Ethiopia's Tigray war. By Martin Plaut and Sarah Vaughan. London: Hurst. 2023. 392pp. Pb.: £25.00. ISBN978 1 78738 811 6. Available as e-book
Oromo Protests, Repression, and Political Change in Ethiopia, 2014–2020
This article provides a chronological analysis of the Oromo social movements that have contributed to the recent major political changes in Ethiopia. It draws on theories of nonviolent social movements, political defiance, and the transition approach of democratization in analyzing the chain of event that led to political changes in early 2018. This helps put the protests in perspective in terms of Ethiopia's political trajectory, explaining how …
A critique of building a developmental state in the EPRDF's Ethiopia
This article explores the main features of Ethiopia's ‘developmental state’ and takes a critical look at how the model is applied in practice, capturing parallels and contradictions through comparative evidence with that of the East Asia model. Accordingly, it notes that the East Asian model has a strong ideological influence on the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) regime, allowing it to formulate a strong vision of devel…
Oromo Protests, Repression, and Political Change in Ethiopia, 2014–2020
This article provides a chronological analysis of the Oromo social movements that have contributed to the recent major political changes in Ethiopia. It draws on theories of nonviolent social movements, political defiance, and the transition approach of democratization in analyzing the chain of event that led to political changes in early 2018. This helps put the protests in perspective in terms of Ethiopia's political trajectory, explaining how …
African Refugees
Toyin Falolaand Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso,African Refugees ( Indiana University Press, Bloomington 2023) 634 pp, ISBN 978-0-2530-6441-7 (hbk), ISBN 978-0-2530-6442-4 (pbk), ISBN 978-0-2530-6443-1 (ebk)
A critique of building a developmental state in the EPRDF's Ethiopia
This article explores the main features of Ethiopia's ‘developmental state’ and takes a critical look at how the model is applied in practice, capturing parallels and contradictions through comparative evidence with that of the East Asia model. Accordingly, it notes that the East Asian model has a strong ideological influence on the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) regime, allowing it to formulate a strong vision of devel…
The Crisis of Democratization in the Greater Horn of Africa
Understanding Ethiopia's Tigray war
Understanding Ethiopia's Tigray war. By Martin Plaut and Sarah Vaughan. London: Hurst. 2023. 392pp. Pb.: £25.00. ISBN978 1 78738 811 6. Available as e-book
Decolonizing Religion and Peacebuilding. Atalia Omer
Atalia Omer, ‘Decolonizing Religion and Peacebuilding,’ Oxford University Press, 2023, Print ISBN: 9780197683019, Online ISBN: 9780197683057, Number of Pages: 304, Price: $34.95, E-book available online at Oxford Academic
Towards Non-Adversarial Democracy
This article proposes a non-adversarial multiparty electoral system inspired by the indigenous Gada system in Ethiopia as a means of achieving a stable and sustainable democracy. The system emphasises cooperation, inclusivity, and consensus-building, incorporating elements of representative, deliberative, and participatory models. The article argues that this non-adversarial scheme can enhance the legitimacy of political institutions, facilitate …
Africa’s deferred liberation
Africa’s political independence has not resolved the fundamental contradiction of the postcolonial condition: liberation movements often reproduced colonial logics of domination. Drawing on Frantz Fanon and Achille Mbembe, this debate piece argues that anticolonial violence and inherited state forms have yielded a sovereign power that mimics colonial coercion, while global capitalism, debt and structural adjustment have entrenched ‘choiceless dem…
Political and Ideological Legacy of Ethiopia's Contested Nation-Building
Ethiopia's nation-building is rife with accusations and claims of past atrocities and injustices from the time of Emperor Menelik's southward expansion to recent political discourse since 2018. This article attempts to capture these complexities embedded in the making of the modern Ethiopian state, critiquing both modernization and colonial theses used to explain this process, with an emphasis on Oromo politics, the legacy of political and ideolo…
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