Land Acquisitions, the Politics of Dispossession, and State-Remaking in Gambella, Western Ethiopia

This paper argues that development through large-scale land acquisitions (LSLAs) in Gambella, western Ethiopia, belies a state-remaking project under a dispossessive political economy. This argument is based on fieldwork in Gambella, Addis Ababa, and Minneapolis and is situated within the broader de...

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Main Author: Fana Gebresenbet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2016-01-01
Series:Africa Spectrum
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Online Access:http://journals.sub.uni-hamburg.de/giga/afsp/article/view/921