03515nam 2200685 a 450 991080786790332120200520144314.01-283-52822-397866138406771-4039-4812-710.1057/9781403948120(CKB)1000000000030545(SSID)ssj0000263119(PQKBManifestationID)11205159(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000263119(PQKBWorkID)10274535(PQKB)10992569(SSID)ssj0001606860(PQKBManifestationID)16316083(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001606860(PQKBWorkID)14896615(PQKB)11513809(DE-He213)978-1-4039-4812-0(Au-PeEL)EBL203738(CaPaEBR)ebr10076831(CaONFJC)MIL384067(OCoLC)70758473(MiAaPQ)EBC203738(PPN)191702129(EXLCZ)99100000000003054520030403d2003 uy 0engurnn#008mamaatxtccrTwenty years of independence in Zimbabwe from liberation to authoritarianism /edited by Staffan Darnolf and Liisa Laakso1st ed. 2003.Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;New York Palgrave Macmillan20031 online resource (XVIII, 245 p.)International political economy seriesBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-349-42242-8 0-333-80453-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 222-236) and index.Cover -- Twenty Years of Independence in Zimbabwe -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes on the Contributors -- Preface -- 1 The political element at work -- 2 Indigenization, the State Bourgeoisie and Neo-authoritarian Politics -- 3 The Performance of the Zimbabwean Economy, 1980-2000 -- 4 Natural resource management in the communal areas: From centralization to decentralization and back again -- 5 Zimbabwe's War Veterans and the Ruling Party: Continuities in Political Dynamics -- 6 Regional voting and cabinet formation -- 7 Education in Zimbabwe: A matter of success? -- 8 Vacillations around women: The overlapping meanings of 'women' in the Zimbabwean context -- 9 Foreign and security policy of Zimbabwe: From independence to the DRC -- 10 The media in Zimbabwe: The struggle between state and civil society -- Bibliography -- Index.This collection offers comprehensive insights into pivotal areas of concern regarding developments in Zimbabwe since its independence. By disclosing the intra-elite competition, assessing the performance of Zimbabwe's economy and explaining how the country's natural resources have been managed, we can better understand the ruling ZANU-PF's increasing reliance on the so-called war veterans and the land reform issue for its political survival.International political economy series (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))20 years of independence in ZimbabweZimbabwePolitics and government1980-968.9105Darnolf Staffan1132083Laakso Liisa1688964MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910807867903321Twenty years of independence in Zimbabwe4063618UNINA