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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817786803321

Autore

Sachikonye Lloyd

Titolo

When a state turns on its citizens : 60 years of institutionalised violence in Zimbabwe / / Lloyd Sachikonye

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Zimbabwe, : Weaver Press, 2011

ISBN

1-77922-231-9

1-283-31008-2

1-77922-166-5

9786613310088

1-77922-167-3

1-77922-165-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (146 p.)

Soggetti

Political violence - Zimbabwe

Political persecution - Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe Politics and government 2000-2008

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Background, history and patterns of political violence -- Political violence and the scramble for resources -- Systemic violence and the 2008 election -- Violence and political culture -- Wider impact of political violence on society.

Sommario/riassunto

Lloyd Sachikonye traces the roots of Zimbabwe's contemporary violence to the actions of the Rhodesian armed forces, and the inter-party conflicts that occurred during the liberation war. His focus, however, is the period since 2000, which has seen state-sponsored violence erupting in election campaigns and throughout the programme of fast-track land reform. The consequences of this violence run wide and deep. Aside from inflicting trauma and fear on its victims, the impunity enjoyed by its perpetrators has helped to mould a culture within which personal freedoms and dreams are strangled. At a