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ETHIOPIA
Democracy,
Devolution of Power, & The Developmental State
The
Institute of Development and Education for Africa
(IDEA), Inc. is proud to announce the launching of
Dr. Ghelawdewos Araia�s new book. For contents
of the book, please click on the following link: www.africanidea.org/Ghelawdewos_Araia_New_Book.html
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The
book is dedicated to all Ethiopians and
this is how the author puts it:
To
all Ethiopians of the past generations who
contributed to world civilization, who preserved
Ethiopian independence, and who strove, struggled,
and sacrificed for a better Ethiopia and the
welfare of the Ethiopian people; to the present
generation of Ethiopians who would continue the
aspirations and dreams of their predecessors and
who indefatigably sustain the flame of democracy
and freedom; and to the future generations of
Ethiopians whose responsibility is to reaffirm the
development agenda of their forebears and also
build and reconstruct Ethiopia further on the
foundations that they have bequeathed.
From
the back cover of the book:
It
is with pleasure to read this excellent book
entitled Ethiopia: Democracy, Devolution of
Power, & The Developmental State authored
by Dr. Ghelawdewos Araia. His work proposes
serious consideration toward the implementation of
democracy not only for Ethiopia but also for the
entire African world. The book does more than
lament and exhort: It teaches us with precision
the basic principles about democracy and the
necessary tools to nurture its development; it
also boldly uncovers the bad seeds decimating our
political discourse and takes us patiently, step
by step, how we can build our democracy by
ourselves and with concerted effort.
In
my humble opinion, I think this book ought to be a
required reading for all political science and
political economy students and must be a handbook
for policymakers and for those engaged in active
politics, and it is for the following reasons: The
book presents a comprehensive analysis of
contemporary Ethiopian politics in the context of
democracy and decentralization and renders a
thorough examination of the theory and practice of
the developmental state by comparing Ethiopia with
other successful nations and what lessons it can
gain from those countries. Incidentally, the
magnificent density of ideas infused into the
corpus of the book are impressive and the many
chapters on the pros and cons to implement
democracy show Ghelawdewos� vision of a peaceful
and viable transition to market economy with a
gradual access to capital and property, thereby
allowing an intriguing democracy in the African
continent.
I
thank the author for inviting me to read his book;
frankly his subject matter is immensely profound
and from all other works that Ghelawdewos
presented to us over the years, I truly believe Ethiopia:
Democracy, Devolution of Power, & The
Developmental State is his magnum opus.
Daniel
Gizaw, author of The Prince of Africa and Fikre
Kudus
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