Liberation Movements In Power : Party & State In Southern Africa /: Party & State In Southern Africa. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Roger Southall.
• Authors: Southall, Roger
• Contents: Frontcover; Contents; Preface; List of Abbreviations; List of Tables; Introduction. Analysing National Liberation Movements as Governments; Liberation movements and African nationalism; Exclusive nationalism; The dominant party approach; Fanon in southern Africa; NLMs as party machines; 1. Settler Colonialism in Southern Africa; Settler occupation; Colonial capitalism and economic development; Political rigidity and nationalist response; 2. The Evolution of the Liberation Movements; Early currents of protest; The ANC: from elite to mass nationalism. Popular struggle and divided nationalism in ZimbabweThe origins of Namibian nationalism and the launch of SWAPO; The stamp of history; 3. The War for Southern Africa; The struggle for Zimbabwe; SWAPO's war in Namibia; War and stalemate in the battle for South Africa; The politics of exile; From liberation struggle to democracy; 4. Contradictions of Victory; The political settlements; Liberation culture and democracy; The retreat from socialism: political transitions and macro-economic policy; From market to meltdown: economic policy in Zimbabwe. Life at the margins: macro-economic policy in NamibiaRealism and neo-liberalism: macro-economic policy in South Africa; Constraints and contradictions; 5. Liberation Movements and Elections; Winning transitional elections; SWAPO: establishing electoral dominance in Namibia; The ANC: establishing electoral dominance in South Africa; ZANU-PF: claiming hegemony, imposing domination; NLMs as electoral machines; Level playing fields? NLMs and electoral institutions; SWAPO and the ANC as electoral machines; ZANU-PF as an electoral machine; Dominance, hegemony, and democracy. 6. Liberation Movements and the StateLiberation movements and the post-liberation state; Race and transformation: the civil service in Zimbabwe, Namibia, and South Africa; The erosion of the autonomy of parliaments; Assaults upon judicial independence: Zimbabwe; The autocratic temptation? Judicial independence in Namibia; Politics and the judiciary under the ANC; The arms deal and the ANC: factional politics and government agencies; Liberation movements and the military; The party-state in southern Africa; 7. Liberation Movements and Society; Liberation movements and trade unions. Liberation movements and civil societyLiberation movements and rural governance; Liberation movements and the media: public broadcasting; Liberation movements and the independent media; NLMs in power: machines against society?; 8. Liberation Movements and Economic Transformation; Business-state relations under liberation movement governments; Black economic empowerment (BEE); Land reform; Political stalemate and economic crisis; 9. The Party State, Class Formation, and the Decline of Ideology; Party predation, primitive accumulation, and class formation in Zimbabwe.
• Publisher Details: Woodbridge : Boydell & Brewer
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 320.968; National liberation movements -- Zimbabwe; National liberation movements -- Namibia; National liberation movements -- South Africa; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General; HISTORY -- Africa -- General; National liberation movements; Politics and government; Zimbabwe -- Politics and government -- 1980-; Namibia -- Politics and government -- 1990-; South Africa -- Politics and government -- 1994-; Namibia; South Africa; Zimbabwe; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781782040804; 1782040803
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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