Zimbabwe's plunge : exhausted nationalism, neoliberalism, and the search for social justice

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Zimbabwe's plunge : exhausted nationalism, neoliberalism, and the search for social justice

by Patrick Bond and Masimba Manyanya

University of Natal Press , Weaver Press , Merlin Press, 2003

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  • : University of Natal Press
  • : Merlin Press
  • : Weaver Press

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First ed.: 2002

Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-244) and index

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: Merlin Press ISBN 9780850365177

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Zimbabwe's government is tired and discredited. Mugabe's ZANU (PF) party has stretched the country to breaking point. What will come next? Can the society shift from rule by an exhausted nationalist clique, ruling by terror and intimidation, to a "neo-liberal" free-market economy, as advocated by international financiers and the big-business wing of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC)? Taking the plunge in either direction will depend upon whether voters can cast ballots in a free-and-fair March 2002 presidential election, and whether the military will go through with their veiled threat to carry out a coup d'etat if Mugabe loses. No matter who wins, this book argues that Zimbabwe must explicitly confront the myriad of political-economic contradictions that bedevil both nationalists and neo-liberals. An alternative political project is sketched out, drawing upon the Zimbabwean people's own struggles for social justice. The social, political and economic lessons from Zimbabwe are relevant, the authors insist, to any other society in turmoil. This book makes essential international comparisons, and applies great analytical depth to this country's fast-shifting political landscape. Four appendices provide current seminal economic texts from the ruling party, the MDC, the National Working People's Convention and Jubilee South.

Table of Contents

  • Preface - Chapter One: A History Of Uneven Development In Zimbabwe (Introduction - A Brief Pre-Independence Political Economy - Who Really Owed What To Whom? - Legacies Of Pre-Independence Debt) - Chapter Two: Economic Constraints (Introduction - Export-Led Decline - Debt And Default) - Chapter Three: Political Constraints (Introduction - Exhausted Nationalism - Looming Neo-Liberalism) - Chapter Four: Globalisation's Constraints (Introduction - What Washington Wants From Harare - Factoring in Pretoria) Chapter Five: Conquering The Constraints (Movements For Justice - Zimbabwe's Options - Conclusion: Scenarios For Social Change). Appendix One: ZANU's ESAP/MERP Debate
  • Appendix Two: The MDC's ESARP
  • Appendix Three: Declaration Of The National Working People's Convention
  • Appendix Four: Jubilee South's Pan-African Declaration On Poverty Reduction Strategy Programmes. References, Index.
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: University of Natal Press ISBN 9781869140267

Description

Zimbabwe's government is tired and discredited and the country is stretched to breaking point. What will come next? Should the society shift from rule by an exhausted nationalist clique, to a neo-liberal free-market economy, as advocated by the big-business wing of the opposition, 'Movement for Democratic Change'? This title argues that Zimbabwe must confront the political-economic contradictions. It sketches an alternative political project drawing upon the Zimbabwean people's own struggles for social justice.

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