The Primacy of Regime Survival State Fragility and Economic Destruction in Zimbabwe /

This book analyses the past and ongoing decline of Zimbabwe under the rule of ZANU-PF, with a primary focus on the period 1997 to the present. In contrast to much existing literature on post-independence Zimbabwe which has focused on the political dimensions of Zimbabwe's fragility, this resear...

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Main Author: Simpson, Mark (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Subjects:
Africa-Economic conditions.
Economic policy.
Development economics.
Economic development.
Africa-Politics and government.
International relations.
ISBN:9783319725208
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Economics of State Fragility
  • 3. Zimbabwe's First Decade: Building the One-Party State and Controlling the Economy
  • 4. Regime Interests and the Failure of Economic Reform in the 1990s
  • 5. Regime Survival and the Fast Track Land Reform Programme
  • 6. Regime Survival and the Attack on the Urban Poor
  • 7. Regime Survival: Poverty Creation, Mass Migration and Elite Enrichment
  • 8. International Isolation and the Search for New Friends
  • 9. Economic Meltdown and Elections
  • 10. The Challenges of Cohabitation - 11. Protecting the ZANU-PF State: Safeguarding Extractive Political Structures
  • 12 Protecting the ZANU-PF State: Safeguarding Extractive Economic Institutions
  • 13. A Resurgent ZANU-PF
  • 14. The Transitions That Weren't.

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