Tefera Negash Gebregziabher
Biographic Data
| ID | 4050838 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tefera Negash Gebregziabher |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tefera Negash |
| FAMILY NAME | Gebregziabher |
| SIGNATURE | GEBREGZIABHER T N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Erasmus University Rotterdam |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3889-7979 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
‘Human beings should not be deported’
Returning rejected asylum seekers to their origin states is high on the policy agenda of the EU and European governments. Using norms and role theory, this article examines how Ethiopian public officers normatively understand return and readmission as well as their country’s role expectations. We find that while Assisted Voluntary Return is met with relative acceptance, forced return is condemned and viewed as illegitimate. Illustrating the inter…
From imperial power to regional policeman
Why and how do African states become peacekeepers? Through a single-case study, this article accounts for a transformation in peace and security: how Ethiopia became the world's prime source of blue helmets in the early twenty-first century, having largely shunned peacekeeping in preceding decades. We propose that peacekeeping came to serve as an unexpectedly useful technology to pursue state-building agendas. Historically, regional proxy wars un…
Soldiers in business
This article critically chronicles the ascendancy and apparent decline of a business conglomerate, Metals and Engineering Corporation (METEC), in post-1991 Ethiopia. Informed by ‘developmental state’ ideology, the political elites managed to create METEC, entrusting it to the military for their use in leading the industrialisation of the country. With a sober analysis of the conglomerate’s engagement in mega-projects in the context of civil–milit…
Ideology and power in TPLF’s Ethiopia
The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) has led Ethiopia for close to three decades as a core party within the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) coalition. Various ideological claims permeated the consolidation of power by the TPLF, which now seems to be questioned by the new leadership in the EPRDF. This article locates the critical junctures in the history of the party and analyses how those junctures relate to power…
The rise of oligarchy in Ethiopia
This article focuses on the political economy of Ethiopia since the ruling party EPRDF came to power in 1991 and argues that the country has seen the rise of oligarchy during this period. The party claims that its development strategy has reduced poverty, but it is evident that the country’s inequality has been growing in the past decade. The briefing identifies the mechanisms of oligarchisation, most notably privatisation, land expropriation, ph…
Ideology and power in TPLF’s Ethiopia
The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) has led Ethiopia for close to three decades as a core party within the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) coalition. Various ideological claims permeated the consolidation of power by the TPLF, which now seems to be questioned by the new leadership in the EPRDF. This article locates the critical junctures in the history of the party and analyses how those junctures relate to power…
Soldiers in business
This article critically chronicles the ascendancy and apparent decline of a business conglomerate, Metals and Engineering Corporation (METEC), in post-1991 Ethiopia. Informed by ‘developmental state’ ideology, the political elites managed to create METEC, entrusting it to the military for their use in leading the industrialisation of the country. With a sober analysis of the conglomerate’s engagement in mega-projects in the context of civil–milit…
The rise of oligarchy in Ethiopia
This article focuses on the political economy of Ethiopia since the ruling party EPRDF came to power in 1991 and argues that the country has seen the rise of oligarchy during this period. The party claims that its development strategy has reduced poverty, but it is evident that the country’s inequality has been growing in the past decade. The briefing identifies the mechanisms of oligarchisation, most notably privatisation, land expropriation, ph…
The rise of oligarchy in Ethiopia
This article focuses on the political economy of Ethiopia since the ruling party EPRDF came to power in 1991 and argues that the country has seen the rise of oligarchy during this period. The party claims that its development strategy has reduced poverty, but it is evident that the country’s inequality has been growing in the past decade. The briefing identifies the mechanisms of oligarchisation, most notably privatisation, land expropriation, ph…
Soldiers in business
This article critically chronicles the ascendancy and apparent decline of a business conglomerate, Metals and Engineering Corporation (METEC), in post-1991 Ethiopia. Informed by ‘developmental state’ ideology, the political elites managed to create METEC, entrusting it to the military for their use in leading the industrialisation of the country. With a sober analysis of the conglomerate’s engagement in mega-projects in the context of civil–milit…
Ideology and power in TPLF’s Ethiopia
The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) has led Ethiopia for close to three decades as a core party within the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) coalition. Various ideological claims permeated the consolidation of power by the TPLF, which now seems to be questioned by the new leadership in the EPRDF. This article locates the critical junctures in the history of the party and analyses how those junctures relate to power…
From imperial power to regional policeman
Why and how do African states become peacekeepers? Through a single-case study, this article accounts for a transformation in peace and security: how Ethiopia became the world's prime source of blue helmets in the early twenty-first century, having largely shunned peacekeeping in preceding decades. We propose that peacekeeping came to serve as an unexpectedly useful technology to pursue state-building agendas. Historically, regional proxy wars un…
‘Human beings should not be deported’
Returning rejected asylum seekers to their origin states is high on the policy agenda of the EU and European governments. Using norms and role theory, this article examines how Ethiopian public officers normatively understand return and readmission as well as their country’s role expectations. We find that while Assisted Voluntary Return is met with relative acceptance, forced return is condemned and viewed as illegitimate. Illustrating the inter…
Political science (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · African history and culture analysis (2 works) · African studies and sociopolitical issues (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political economy (2 works)