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作者

Ezana Haddis Weldeghebrael

来源

CITIES,Vol.125,Issue1,Article 102807

语言

英文

关键字

Inner-city redevelopment;Developmental state;Frame;Hegemonic project;Accumulation strategy

作者单位

School of Environment, Education and Development (SEED), University of Manchester, Oxford Road, M13 9PL Manchester, United Kingdom;School of Environment, Education and Development (SEED), University of Manchester, Oxford Road, M13 9PL Manchester, United Kingdom

摘要

Following the contested 2005 election, the Ethiopian state enhanced its repression of dissent and tried to gain legitimacy through delivering on development targets by branding itself as a “developmental state” until the election of a reformist Prime Minister in 2018. In line with its developmental aspiration, the Ethiopian state engaged in large-scale inner-city slum redevelopment between 2009 and 2017 by displacing thousands of households to the periphery. Based on six months of qualitative research, this article interrogates the way the Ethiopia state framed the inner-city redevelopment using Bob Jessop's “Strategic-Relational Approach.” The article argues that the Ethiopian state framed slum redevelopment to project itself as a developmental and to enhance state control of the inner-city. At the same time, the state used inner-city redevelopment, to minimize the cost of the intervention through dispossessing inner-city residents and leasing the land at a higher premium. However, since 2012, there is a tendency to use the redevelopment for the accumulation of high-end developers by framing the redevelopment as a means to build the “Diplomatic Capital Africa.” Overall, the Ethiopian aspiring developmental state used slum redevelopment not only to facilitate accumulation but also to consolidate its tight grip on power.