In recent years scholarly attention has shifted from the study of democratization to the
phenomenon of electoral authoritarianism. In these regimes, regular elections are held for …

Since 1991 and the arrival of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front
(EPRDF) into power, the Ethiopian ideologists have maintained revolutionary democracy …

The Real Politics of the Horn of Africa delves into the business of politics in the turbulent, war-
torn countries of north-east Africa. It is a contemporary history of how politicians, generals …

In recent years Africa appears to have turned a corner economically. It is posting increased
growth rates and is no longer the world's slowest growing region. Commentators are …

This paper examines the domestic political economy of so-called 'land-grabbing'in Ethiopia,
assessing the motivations of the Ethiopian government, which has strongly promoted foreign …

This paper seeks to unravel the political economy of large-scale land acquisitions in post-
Soviet Russia. Russia falls neither in the normal category of 'investor'countries, nor in the …

This article argues that a new generation of Political Conditionalities has emerged during
the last decade. This requires an expansion of the original definition and research agenda …

This article assesses political developments in Ethiopia after its 2005 federal and regional
watershed elections. Although an unprecedented liberalisation took place ahead of the …

Current classification systems create typologies of authoritarian regimes that may overlook
the importance of national policies. Rwanda and Ethiopia in particular are perplexing case …

This paper introduces a special issue of the Journal of Eastern African Studies devoted to a
review of Ethiopia's 20 years of “revolutionary democracy”. The collection brings together 11 …