UID:
almafu_9958352462602883
Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9780812200041
Content:
An unflinching analysis of how Robert Mugabe, a man once known as an anticolonial freedom fighter, became one of Africa's most hated autocrats, and why so many inside and outside Zimbabwe were long blind to his bloody misdeeds.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Introduction --
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Chapter 1. Authoritarian Control of the Political Arena --
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Chapter 2. Violence as the Cornerstone of Mugabe’s Strategy of Political Survival --
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Chapter 3. Militant Civil Society and the Emergence of a Credible Opposition --
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Chapter 4. The Media Battlefield: From Skirmishes to Full-Fledged War --
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Chapter 5. The Judiciary: From Resistance to Subjugation --
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Chapter 6. The Land ‘‘Reform’’ Charade and the Tragedy of Famine --
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Chapter 7. The State Bourgeoisie and the Plunder of the Economy --
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Chapter 8. The International Community and the Crisis in Zimbabwe --
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Conclusion: Chaos Averted or Merely Postponed? --
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List of Acronyms --
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Notes --
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Index --
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Acknowledgments
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In English.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.9783/9780812200041
URL:
https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812200041
URL:
https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812200041
