LEADER 04377nam 22006855 450 001 9910882889803321 005 20250807140335.0 010 $a9789819752546$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z9789819752539 024 7 $a10.1007/978-981-97-5254-6 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31609554 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31609554 035 $a(CKB)34145968300041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-981-97-5254-6 035 $a(EXLCZ)9934145968300041 100 $a20240822d2024 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aCivil Society and the Party-state in Zimbabwe $eDemocracy, Hegemonies and Polarities /$fby Zenzo Moyo 205 $a1st ed. 2024. 210 1$aSingapore :$cSpringer Nature Singapore :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2024. 215 $a1 online resource (320 pages) 311 08$aPrint version: Moyo, Zenzo Civil Society and the Party-State in Zimbabwe Singapore : Palgrave Macmillan,c2024 9789819752539 327 $aChapter 1: Civil society, state, hegemony and Gramsci in the modern world -- Chapter 2: The liberation movement, polarisation culture and civil society in Zimbabwe -- Chapter 3: The party-state, labour and student movements and democratisation in Zimbabwe -- Chapter 4: Human Rights and the Constitutional Movement in Zimbabwe -- Chapter 5: NGOs, local state and communities at subnational level ? The case of Mangwe District -- Chapter 6: Matabeleland Question: Marginalisation, uneven ?democracy? and exclusion -- Chapter 7: A faltering counter-hegemony ? Towards a conclusion. 330 $aThe book utilises Gramsci?s concepts of hegemony, counter-hegemony, organic intellectuals, and integral state to interrogate how modes of engagement between the state and civil society have contributed to a polarised polity in Zimbabwe, and in turn how this has impacted democratisation processes. This was achieved by analysing intra-civil society interactions and state-civil society relations, which established deep polarised relationships that can be traced back to the liberation struggle. It also interrogates ideologies that drive these polarised relations, and how, together with material benefits from donors and the party-state, these relations impact ordinary people?s modes of existence. One of the arguments that emerge from the book is that political polarisation in Zimbabwe has now morphed into an established political culture that has played a huge role in the retardation of democratic struggles. It uses ideas of entangled modernities and travelling theory to cast doubt on the belief that civil society is the ?missing key? in the democratisation of developing countries. Zenzo Moyo holds an MA and a PhD in Development Studies from the University of Johannesburg. He is currently conducting independent research on civil society, poverty reduction, governance, political developments and democracy in Zimbabwe and other countries in Southern Africa. He has worked as a lecturer at the University of Johannesburg (2016-2019) as well as a Senior Researcher at the Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) in Johannesburg (2019-2021). He is still an associate researcher at both the University of Johannesburg and MISTRA. 606 $aAfrica$xPolitics and government 606 $aLegislation 606 $aElections 606 $aEconomic development 606 $aPolitical planning 606 $aUrban policy 606 $aAfrican Politics 606 $aLegislative Politics 606 $aElectoral Politics 606 $aDevelopment Studies 606 $aPolicy Adoption 606 $aUrban Policy 615 0$aAfrica$xPolitics and government. 615 0$aLegislation. 615 0$aElections. 615 0$aEconomic development. 615 0$aPolitical planning. 615 0$aUrban policy. 615 14$aAfrican Politics. 615 24$aLegislative Politics. 615 24$aElectoral Politics. 615 24$aDevelopment Studies. 615 24$aPolicy Adoption. 615 24$aUrban Policy. 676 $a320.96 700 $aMoyo$b Zenzo$01766163 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910882889803321 996 $aCivil Society and the Party-State in Zimbabwe$94209928 997 $aUNINA