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Uneven Zimbabwe

Author : Patrick Bond
Publisher : Africa World Press
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Finance
ISBN : 0865435391

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Uneven Zimbabwe examines the influence of domestic and international financial markets and financiers in uneven development in Zimbabwe, using - and contributing to - the tools of radical political economy. Theoretically, Bond begins with criticism of the classical Marxist concepts of "finance capital" for focusing on institutional characteristics and failing to grasp underlying dynamics. Instead, as economic crisis tendencies emerge, the power of finance periodically intensifies, temporarily displacing crisis through time and space and across geographical scales. But the limits of the financial solution become evident when paper assets delink from the productive assets they are meant to represent, as well as in the role that finance plays in amplifying uneven development across different economic sectors, spaces and scales.

Zimbabwe

Author : Suzanne Dansereau,Mario Zamponi
Publisher : Nordic Africa Institute
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Zimbabwe
ISBN : 9171065415

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The two articles are revised versions of papers presented at the end of May 2004 to a Zimbabwe Conference at the Nordic Africa Institute, which was co-organized by the project "Liberation and Democracy in Southern Africa" (LiDeSA). They highlight current socio-economic aspects of Zimbabwean society. By doing so, they raise relevant issues, yet ones that have tended to be neglected given the almost exclusive concentration on political events. While this is understandable, the articles fill the gap in our knowledge and add insights into important sectors of society. These include information on the Zimbabwean economy and the present constraints of the decline, which together help us to understand the structural legacy that any future government will have to deal with. What is more, the elections in Zimbabwe in 2005 provide an ideal moment to discuss such matters. This Discussion Paper will thereby make a substantive contribution to the analysis of the overall picture in Zimbabwe.

Global Capitalism and the Future of Agrarian Society

Author : Arif Dirlik,Alexander Woodside,Roxann Prazniak
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317259114

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Global Capitalism and the Future of Agrarian Society by Arif Dirlik,Alexander Woodside,Roxann Prazniak Pdf

This book offers historical and comparative analyses of changes in agrarian society forced by the globalization of capitalism, and the implications of these changes for human welfare globally. The book gives special attention to recent economic development and urbanization in the People s Republic of China which have had a major impact on contemporary transformations globally. Case studies from South and Southeast Asia, Africa and Latin America in turn place these transformations in a comparative global perspective. The contributors include distinguished scholars from the UN, PRC, India, Zimbabwe, and Latin America who are also active in policy issues."

Zimbabwe in Transition

Author : Timothy Murithi,Aquilina Mawadza
Publisher : Jacana Media
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 9781920196356

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Zimbabwe in Transition by Timothy Murithi,Aquilina Mawadza Pdf

Zimbabwe's Transition to Democracy in the post-independence era has been a very difficult one. To date, there have been a number of sustained efforts by various local, regional and international actors to move Zimbabwe towards democracy as well as attempts to find a lasting solution to the political and economic crises that seriously affected the country's progress from the late 1990s. However, these attempts have been less successful mainly because Zimbabwe has complex political and economic problems, with interlocking national, regional and international political and economic dimensions rooted in both historical and contemporary factors and developments. To understand the complexities of the challenges to Zimbabwe's transition to democracy as well as prospects for political change and democracy in the country, Zimbabwe in Transition critically examines both the historical and contemporary dynamics shaping political and economic developments in the country, taking into account voices from a broad spectrum of Zimbabwean society, including civil society, faith-based communities, the diaspora, women, community leaders, the media, youth, and regional actors such as SADC and the AU. Book jacket.

A History of Zimbabwe

Author : A. S. Mlambo
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107021709

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A History of Zimbabwe by A. S. Mlambo Pdf

Examines Zimbabwe's pre-colonial, colonial and postcolonial social, economic and political history and relates historical factors and trends to more recent developments in the country.

'Progress' in Zimbabwe?

Author : David Moore,Norma Kriger,Brian Raftopoulos
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317983095

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'Progress' in Zimbabwe? by David Moore,Norma Kriger,Brian Raftopoulos Pdf

Zimbabwe's severe crisis - and a possible way out of it with a transitional government, and the new era for which it prepares the ground - demands a coherent scholarly response. 'Progress' can be employed as an organising theme across many disciplinary approaches to Zimbabwe's societal devastation. At wider levels too, the concept of progress is fitting. It underpins 'modern', 'liberal' and 'radical' perspectives of development pervading the social sciences and humanities. Yet perceptions of 'progress' are subject increasingly to intensive critical inquiry. Their gruesome end is signified in the political projects of Robert Mugabe and ZANU-PF. John Gray's Black Mass: Apocalyptic Religion and the Death of Utopia indicates this. It is expected that participants will engage directly in debates about how the idea of 'progress' has informed their disciplines - from political science and history to labour and agrarian studies, and then relate these arguments to the Zimbabwean case in general and their research in particular. This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Contemporary African Studies.

Beyond the crises: Zimbabwe's prospects for transformation

Author : Murisa, Tendai,Chikweche, Tendai
Publisher : Weaver Press
Page : 423 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2015-12-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781779222855

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Beyond the crises: Zimbabwe's prospects for transformation by Murisa, Tendai,Chikweche, Tendai Pdf

Over the past years, few African countries have been the focus of discussions and analyses generating a vast array of literature as much as Zimbabwe. The socioeconomic and political crises since the turn of the century have deeply transformed the country from the ideals of a vibrant freshly independent nation just two decades earlier. These transformations have necessitated the call for the restructuring of Zimbabwean society, polity, and economy. But this literature remains exclusively within the realm of academic thinking and theorising, with no concerted effort to move beyond this by explicitly drawing out the policy implications. Beyond the Crises: Zimbabwe's Prospects for Transformation is a welcome addition to the academic and policy literature with a much broader and all-embracing focus in terms of policy interventions. By focusing on different aspects of social and economic justice, Murisa and Chikweche go beyond initiating a broad discussion on these two key pillars of human development with a view to suggesting possible future directions of practical solutions and policy development for the attainment of inclusive social and economic justice for Zimbabweans.

Farm Labor Struggles in Zimbabwe

Author : Blair Rutherford
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2016-12-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780253024077

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Farm Labor Struggles in Zimbabwe by Blair Rutherford Pdf

In the early twenty-first century, white-owned farms in Zimbabwe were subject to large-scale occupations by black urban dwellers in an increasingly violent struggle between national electoral politics, land reform, and contestations over democracy. Were the black occupiers being freed from racist bondage as cheap laborers by the state-supported massive land redistribution, or were they victims of state violence who had been denied access to their homes, social services, and jobs? Blair Rutherford examines the unequal social and power relations shaping the lives, livelihoods, and struggles of some of the farm workers during this momentous period in Zimbabwean history. His analysis is anchored in the time he spent on a horticultural farm just east of Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, that was embroiled in the tumult of political violence associated with jambanja, the democratization movement. Rutherford complicates this analysis by showing that there was far more in play than political oppression by a corrupt and authoritarian regime and a movement to rectify racial and colonial land imbalances, as dominant narratives would have it. Instead, he reveals, farm worker livelihoods, access to land, gendered violence, and conflicting promises of rights and sovereignty played a more important role in the political economy of citizenship and labor than had been imagined.

Becoming Zimbabwe. A History from the Pre-colonial Period to 2008

Author : Brian Raftopoulos,Alois Mlambo
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2009-09-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9789988647414

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Becoming Zimbabwe. A History from the Pre-colonial Period to 2008 by Brian Raftopoulos,Alois Mlambo Pdf

Becoming Zimbabwe is the first comprehensive history of Zimbabwe, spanning the years from 850 to 2008. In 1997, the then Secretary General of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions, Morgan Tsvangirai, expressed the need for a 'more open and critical process of writing history in Zimbabwe. ...The history of a nation-in-the-making should not be reduced to a selective heroic tradition, but should be a tolerant and continuing process of questioning and re-examination.' Becoming Zimbabwe tracks the idea of national belonging and citizenship and explores the nature of state rule, the changing contours of the political economy, and the regional and international dimensions of the country's history. In their Introduction, Brian Raftopoulos and Alois Mlambo enlarge on these themes, and Gerald Mazarire's opening chapter sets the pre-colonial background. Sabelo Ndlovu tracks the history up to WW11, and Alois Mlambo reviews developments in the settler economy and the emergence of nationalism leading to UDI in 1965. The politics and economics of the UDI period, and the subsequent war of liberation, are covered by Joesph Mtisi, Munyaradzi Nyakudya and Teresa Barnes. After independence in 1980, Zimbabwe enjoyed a period of buoyancy and hope. James Muzondidya's chapter details the transition 'from buoyancy to crisis', and Brian Raftopoulos concludes the book with an analysis of the decade-long crisis and the global political agreement which followed.

Manufacturing in Colonial Zimbabwe, 1890-1979

Author : Victor Muchineripi Gwande
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2022-11-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781847013330

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Manufacturing in Colonial Zimbabwe, 1890-1979 by Victor Muchineripi Gwande Pdf

A key book on Zimbabwe's industrial policy and the relationship between manufacturing, the state, and economic interest groups.

Zimbabwe's Fight To The Finish

Author : Moore
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317846970

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First published in 2013. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The Decolonisation of Zimbabwe

Author : Kate Law
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2020-05-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780429670640

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Rhodesia’s illegal Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) in 1965 is an act that not only shaped regional politics but also had a profound effect on Britain’s attempt to retreat from its empire. This edited collection brings together leading voices in the field, whose contributions – on the role of finance, ‘big business’, and the regional and international actors involved in the country’s negotiated independence – update long-held historiographical wisdoms, signalling a revival in economic and diplomatic explanations for the country’s decolonisation. In particular, they shed fresh light on the role(s) played in the decolonisation of Zimbabwe by economic (private business) and political (liberation movements, Western and Southern African governments) actors that until now have been studied with very limited access to primary sources. As scholarship on Zimbabwe is currently dominated by studies that seek to understand the ‘crisis’ in which the country has recently found itself, this collection acts as a clarion call that reinforces the importance of studies of earlier historical processes. In doing so, the book provides a more nuanced understanding of the continuities and discontinuities between Zimbabwe’s colonial and postcolonial history, and examines the roles played by external governments and individuals in the decolonisation of Zimbabwe. This book was originally published as a special issue of The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History.

Zimbabwe: The Link Between Politics and the Economy

Author : Godfrey Kanyenze
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2022-03-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781779224071

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Zimbabwe: The Link Between Politics and the Economy by Godfrey Kanyenze Pdf

In this accessible and authoritative book, Godfrey Kanyenze provides a comprehensive and far-reaching analysis of the socio-economic development in Zimbabwe in light of the expanding authoritarianism and the ongoing destruction of democratic institutions during the four decades after independence. Kanyenze describes the various phases of the socio-economic development starting with 1980 when the people of Zimbabwe saw their hard-won independence and new democracy as a promise for a "better life for all". Kanyenze highlights how by dismantling all barriers of economic and legal restraint, and that despite being necessary, The land reform programme put the political and financial interests of the elite before those of the people which continues to this day. Kanyenze reveals the governmental attacks on civil society, and notes how economic policy was not even part of an "authoritarian bargain", an implicit arrangement between ruling elites and citizens whereby citizens relinquish political freedom in exchange for public goods. And he concludes this analysis with a current update of Zimbabwe today, where citizens have nothing -neither political freedom nor public goods. This impressive and gripping account of an authoritarian capitalist system and a country in decline is a must-read for students, researchers, policymakers and those who want to better understand how politics and the economy, interests, conflicts, and power work together.

Moral Degeneration in Contemporary Zimbabwean Business Practices

Author : Munyaradzi Mawere
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789956726974

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Moral Degeneration in Contemporary Zimbabwean Business Practices by Munyaradzi Mawere Pdf

This is an engaged and extremely well-informed book on business and business ethics in a society with political and social-economic crises. As an engaging and engaged effort to bring a nexus between business ethics and business practices in any human society, the book invites the reader to partake in pressing debates on business ethics in times of crisis. The book provides a much needed interdisciplinary approach and marshals an extraordinary array of social and intellectual resources that positively inspire business people and business making. It is wholesome and systematic in its articulation of the political and social forces that shape and are shaped by business. Additionally, it gives the reader a guided tour into the fascinating creativity that shapes and characterises business culture in contemporary Zimbabwe.

Class Struggle and Resistance in Africa

Author : Leo Zeilig
Publisher : Haymarket Books
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2016-12-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781608460564

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Class Struggle and Resistance in Africa by Leo Zeilig Pdf

This collection of essays and interviews studies class struggle and social empowerment on the African continent.