Overview
- Presents a critical approach to the Zimbabwean government's reform measures
- Offers a fresh and unique analytical and theoretical understanding of Mnangagwa's government
- Discusses risks and limitations for the new government
Part of the book series: Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development (AAESPD)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Activating Civil and Political Liberties
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Front Matter
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Reconfiguring Governance
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Stimulating Socio-Economic Development
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Keywords
- Emmerson Mnangagwa
- Second Republic
- Robert Mugabe
- Political liberties
- Reconciliation
- Transitional justice
- Corruption
- Media policies
- Politics of Jecharism
- Political leadership
- Devolution
- Development
- Debt crisis
- China
- Sustainable financing of agriculture
- Antonio Gramsci
- Post-Mugabe era
- Socio-economic development
- Civil rights
- Political rights
About this book
The book provides a fresh and innovative interpretation of the new government of Zimbabwe led by Emmerson Mnangagwa, which emerged in late 2017 after the downfall of Robert Mugabe. It demonstrates the contradictory character of the Mnangagwa government, involving both continuities and discontinuities in relation to Mugabe’s regime . The temptation amongst Zimbabwean scholars has been to focus on the continuities and to dismiss the significance of any discontinuities, notably reform measures. This book adopts an alternative approach by identifying and focusing specifically on the existence of a formative project of the Mnangagwa’s Second Republic, further analysing its political significance, as well as risks and limitations.
While doing so, the book covers topics such as reform measures, reconciliation, transitional justice, corruption, the media, agriculture, devolution, and the debt crisis as well as health and education. Discussing the limitations of these different reform measures, the book highlights that any scholarly failure to identify the risks of the project leads to an incomplete understanding of what constitutes the Mnangagwa’s Second Republic. The book appeals to students, scholars and researchers of Zimbabwean and African studies, political science and international relations, as well as policymakers interested in a better understanding of political reform processes.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Gorden Moyo is senior lecturer at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at Lupane State University (LSU), Zimbabwe. He is also the Founder of an independent think tank- the Public Policy and Research Institute of Zimbabwe (PPRIZ). He received his Ph.D. in African Leadership Development from the National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe. Dr Moyo’s research interests include issues of African agency, global finance, military businesses, emerging markets and developing economies among others. He has edited 3 books and published several peer reviewed journal articles and book chapters. His most recent book is titled "African Agency, Finance, and Developmental States", 2021, Palgrave Macmillan. He is the current President of the Development Studies Association of Zimbabwe (DeSAZ). Previously, Dr Moyo served as a Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office and Minister of State Enterprises and Parastatals in the Inclusive Government of Zimbabwe(2009-2013)
Kirk Helliker is a research professor at the Department of Sociology at Rhodes University in Makhanda, South Africa. He is the founder and head of the Unit of Zimbabwean Studies at the Department of Sociology. He focuses on the supervision of Ph.D. students, mainly on Zimbabwean topics, and has published widely on Zimbabwean history and society. He most recently co-edited the volumes “Tonga Livelihoods in Rural Zimbabwe”, 2023, Routledge: London; "Capital Penetration and the Peasantry in Southern and Eastern Africa", 2022, Springer: Cham; "Everyday Crisis-Living in Contemporary Zimbabwe", 2021, Routledge: London; and co-authored "Fast Track Land Occupations in Zimbabwe: In the Context of the Zvimurenga", 2021, Springer: Cham. He also co-edited a special issue in the Journal of Contemporary African Studies (2020) and a special section in the Journal of Asian and African Studies (2021).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Making Politics in Zimbabwe’s Second Republic
Book Subtitle: The Formative Project by Emmerson Mnangagwa
Editors: Gorden Moyo, Kirk Helliker
Series Title: Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-30129-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-30128-5Published: 17 May 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-30131-5Due: 17 June 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-30129-2Published: 16 May 2023
Series ISSN: 2198-7262
Series E-ISSN: 2198-7270
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 270
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour
Topics: African Politics, Electoral Politics, Development Studies, Comparative Politics, Political Theory, Political Leadership