A Decade of Ethiopia: Politics, Economy and Society, 2004–2016

Abbink, Jon. 2017. A Decade of Ethiopia: Politics, Economy and Society, 2004-2016. Leiden and Boston: Brill. 253 pp.

In Jon Abbink's A Decade of Ethiopia, readers benefit from an enlightening overview of how the Federal Republic of Ethiopia, in the Horn of Africa, has experienced a decade of significant economic change and political contestation since 2004. The introductory chapter shows that less than a decade saw "the emergence of Ethiopia as a (self-designated) 'developmental state,' for a large part defined and shaped by the ideas and policies of the late Prime Minister and ruling EPRDF party leader Meles...