Does Democratic Developmental State Serve As An Alternative Development Strategy In Africa The Cases Of Ethiopia And South Africa.

The ‘Neoliberalism’ Ideology has failed to bring “development” in the ‘underdeveloped’rnworld. So it is worth looking for another alternative development strategy so as to extricaternthe population of the ‘underdeveloped’ world specially Africa from abject poverty andrnbackwardness. Many development economists, other scholars and policy makers have beenrnproposing that ‘Democratic Developmental States (DDS)’ would be the best alternativerndevelopment strategy. Countries like Ethiopia and South Africa have emerged as in pursuingrnDDS. However, there has been a wide spread skepticism about the compatibility betweenrn‘Democracy’ and ‘Developmental States’ so as DDS could be feasible. This thesis exploresrnwhether DDS can serve as alternative to ‘Neoliberalism’ for Africa’s Development. Thisrnthesis examines and analyses the experiences of Ethiopia and South Africa as a case studyrnand concludes that the feasibility of DDS has been proven although it has short comings thatrnneeds to be addressed in respect of the realities of the ground.rnKey ConceptsrnDemocracy; Liberal democracy; Revolutionary democracy; Participatory democracy;rnDevelopment; Developmental State; Democratic Developmental State; Neoliberalism

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