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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819642403321

Titolo

The hard road to reform : the politics of Zimbabwe's global political agreement / / edited by Brian Raftopoulos

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Harare, Zimbabwe : , : Weaver Press, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

1-77922-226-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (446 p.)

Disciplina

968.9105

Soggetti

Zimbabwe History 1980-

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

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