ISBN:
1-77922-025-1
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978-1-77922-025-7
Language:
English
Pages:
xv, 274 Seiten
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Illustrationen
Keywords:
Simbabwe Geschichte, politische
;
Politik
;
Politik und Gesellschaft
;
Wirtschaftliche Bedingungen
;
Wirtschaftlicher Aspekt
;
Landnutzung
;
Mugabe, Robert Gabriel (1924- )
Abstract:
Those for whom Zimbabwe is home do not always share the dismissive judgements of their country, pronounced by much of the Western media. Nevertheless they do acknowledge some of the essential truths these may contain. The most persistent judgement and point of agreement is that one political party`s overriding `policy` is the preservation of itself in power, no matter the consequences.The contributors to the book, all Zimbabweans by birth or by adoption, argue that although this is not a sustainable policy in the long run, it may persist in the shorter term. To break the deadlock requires an understanding of the processes that have brought the country to its present state. The essays pose and respond to a range of questions concerning politics, the land, the environment, economics, civil rights, torture, the opposition, the press, Robert Mugabe, and the ideologies informing the decisions of those in power before and since independence. (Verlagsseite)
Description / Table of Contents:
Notes on contributors -- Foreword / Archbishop Pius Ncube -- Preface / David Harold-Barry -- Current politics in Zimbabwe : confronting the crisis / Brian Raftopoulos -- Robert Mugabe : revolutionary or rebel? / Dieter B. Scholz -- What happened to our dream? / The Zimbabwe Liberator's Platform -- The people's liberation struggle / Duduzile Tafara -- The long way home : one man's story / Alexander Kanengoni -- Environmental impacts of the fast-track land reform programme : a livelihoods perspective / Emmanuel Manzungu -- Land reform and farm workers / Lloyd M. Sachikonye -- The culture of party politics and the concept of the state / David Kaulemu -- Continuity and change in the Zimbabwean religio-cultural landscape in the era of HIV/AIDS / Paul H. Gundani -- The Zimbabwe economy 1980-2003 : a ZCTU perspective / Godfrey Kanyenze -- Travails of opposition politics in Zimbabwe since independence / Eldred Masunungure -- The onslaught against democracy and the rule of law in Zimbabwe in 2000 / Geoffrey Feltoe -- Sticks and stones, skeletons and ghosts / A.P. Reeler -- Opportunities for political renewal in Zimbabwe / Fay Chung -- One country, 'two nations', no dialogue / David Harold-Barry -- Chronology
Note:
Enthält 15 Beiträge
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