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Title: Understanding Zimbabwe
Condition: New
EAN: 9781849045834
ISBN: 9781849045834
Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format: Paperback
Release Date: 01/09/2016
Item Height: 225mm
Item Length: 145mm
Author: Sara Rich Dorman
Language: English
Subtitle: From Liberation to Authoritarianism
Description: Zimbabwe's recent history has been shaped by battles about who speaks for the nation, one fought out in struggles for control of political institutions, the media, and civil society. In her book Sara Rich Dorman examines the interactions of social groups - churches, NGOs, and political parties - from the liberation struggle, through the independence decades, as they engaged the state and ruling party. Her empirically rich account reveals how strategies of control and co-option were replicated and resisted, shaping expectations and behaviour. Dorman tracks how the relationship between Mugabe's ruling party and activists was determined by the liberation struggle, explaining how electoral machinery, the judiciary, and other institutions of state control ensured ZANU-PF hegemony, even as other forces in Zimbabwean society demanded accountability and representation.This is a story of ambiguity and complexity in which the state and civil society mimic and learn from each other. We learn how both structural and direct violence are deployed by the regime, but also how ad-hoc and unplanned many of their interventions really were.Even as the liberation war generation reluctantly exits the Zimbabwean political stage, their influence continues to shape interaction between citizens and the state.
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Genre: History
Release Year: 2016

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