Twenty Years of Independence in Zimbabwe

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xviii

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2. Research Debates in Zimbabwe: From Analysis to Practice

   • Liisa Laakso

   Pages 1-14

3. Indigenization, the State Bourgeoisie and Neo-authoritarian Politics

   • Brian Raftopoulos, Daniel Compagnon

   Pages 15-33

4. The Performance of the Zimbabwean Economy, 1980–2000

   • Godfrey Kanyenze

   Pages 34-77

5. Natural Resource Management in the Communal Areas: From Centralization to Decentralization and Back Again

   • Marja Spierenburg

   Pages 78-103

6. Zimbabwe’s War Veterans and the Ruling Party: Continuities in Political Dynamics

   • Norma Kriger

   Pages 104-121

7. Regional Voting and Cabinet Formation

   • Liisa Laakso

   Pages 122-139

8. Education in Zimbabwe: A Matter of Success?

   • Anders Närman

   Pages 140-158

9. Vacillations Around Women: The Overlapping Meanings of ‘Women’ in the Zimbabwean Context

   • Christine Sylvester

   Pages 159-178

10. Foreign and Security Policy of Zimbabwe: From Independence to the DRC

    • Donald P. Chimanikire

    Pages 179-195

11. The Media in Zimbabwe: The Struggle between State and Civil Society

    • Helge Rønning

    Pages 196-221

12. Back Matter

    Pages 222-245

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This collection offers comprehensive insights into pivotal areas of concern regarding developments in Zimbabwe since its independence. By disclosing the intra-elite competition, assessing the performance of Zimbabwe's economy and explaining how the country's natural resources have been managed, we can better understand the ruling ZANU-PF's increasing reliance on the so-called war veterans and the land reform issue for its political survival.

• authoritarianism
• Civil society
• competition
• development
• dynamics
• economy
• education
• independence
• media
• politics
• reform
• state
• voting
• war
• women

'... their book provides valuable insights into what has led to the country's current parlous condition today.' - Derek Ingram, The Round Table

• Göteborg University, Sweden

  Staffan Darnolf

• Department of Political Science, University of Helsinki, Finland

  Liisa Laakso

DONALD CHIMANIKIRE Chair of International Relations and Social Studies Department, Institute of Development Studies, University of Zimbabwe DANIEL COMPAGNON Professor of Political Science, Sciences Po Bordeaux, France GODFREY KANYENZE Chief Economist, Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions NORMA KRIGER Visiting Professor, Goucher College, Baltimore, USA ANDERS NARMAN Assistant Professor, Department of Human and Economic Geography, Goteborg University, Sweden BRIAN RAFTOPOULOS Associate Professor at IDS, University of Zimbabwe HELGE RØNNING Professor of Media Studies, University of Oslo, Norway MARJA SPIERENBURG Amsterdam School for Social Science Research, The Netherlands CHRISTINE SYLVESTER Professor, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague

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