The Hard Road to Reform [[electronic resource] ] : The Politics of Zimbabwe's Global Political Agreement

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910460649603321
• Autore: Raftopolos Brian
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford, : Weaver Press, 2013
• ISBN: 1-77922-226-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (446 p.)
• Disciplina: 938.10923489
• Soggetti: Coalition governments -- Zimbabwe; Zimbabwe -- History -- 1980; Zimbabwe -- Politics and government -- 1980; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: COVER PAGE; TITLE PAGE; COPYRIGHT PAGE; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION: BRIAN RAFTOPOULOS; CHAPTER 1: BRIAN RAFTOPOULOS - AN OVERVIEW OF THE GPA: NATIONAL CONFLICT, REGIONAL AGONY AND INTERNATIONAL DILEMMA.; CHAPTER 2: JAMES MUZONDIDYA - THE OPPOSITION DILEMMA IN ZIMBABWE: A CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE POLITICS OF THE MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) PARTIES UNDER THE GPA TRANSITIONAL FRAMEWORK 2009-2012.; CHAPTER 3: GERALD MAZARIRE - ZANU-PF AND THE GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL UNITY; CHAPTER 4: BERTHA CHIRORO - RESPONSES OF CIVIL SOCIETY TO THE INCLUSIVE GOVERNMENT: THE CHALLENGES OF TURNING CONFRONTATION INTO ENGAGEMENT.CHAPTER 5: SABELO J. NDLOVU-GATSHENI - POLITICS BEHIND POLITICS: AFRICAN UNION, SADC AND THE GPA IN ZIMBABWE.; CHAPTER 6: MUNYARADZI NYAKUDYA - SANCTIONING THE GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL UNITY: A REVIEW OF ZIMBABWE'S RELATIONS WITH THE WEST IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE GPA.; CHAPTER 7: SHARI EPPEL - REPAIRING A FRACTURED NATION: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN POST-GPA ZIMBABWE.; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
• Sommario/riassunto: The defeat of ZANU-PF in the 2008 parliamentary election marked the ; end of one-party rule in Zimbabwe. The Global Political Agreement signed later that resulted in a Government of National Unity, and the former ruling party was, for the first time, faced with the reality of sharing power. The Hard Road to Reform presents a penetrating analysis of developments since the GNU was established, reviewing recent political history from a range of perspectives - political, economic, social and historical, and featuring the best work of Zimbabwe's young scholars. As Brian Raftopolos writes in his intro