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Post-colonial struggles for a democratic Southern Africa: Legacies of Liberation

Carolyn Bassett

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Description:National liberation, one of the grand narratives of the twentieth century, has left a weighty legacy of unfulfilled dreams. This book" "explores the ongoing struggle for legitimate, accountable political leaders in postcolonial Southern Africa, focusing on dilemmas arising when ex-liberation movements form the governments. While the spread of multi-party democracy to most countries in the region is to be celebrated, democratic practice often has been superficial - a limited, elitist politics that relies on the symbols of the liberation struggle to legitimate "de facto" one-party rule and authoritarian practices. Using country cases from Tanzania, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Zambia, the collection explores three subthemes relevant to postcolonial governance in Southern Africa: how the struggle for liberation shapes the character of political transformation, the nature of rule in one-party dominant states headed by former liberation movements, and the processes of governance and resistance in post-liberation contexts.This book was published as a special issue of the "Journal of Contemporary African Studies."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Post-colonial struggles for a democratic Southern Africa: Legacies of Liberation. To get started finding Post-colonial struggles for a democratic Southern Africa: Legacies of Liberation, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: National liberation, one of the grand narratives of the twentieth century, has left a weighty legacy of unfulfilled dreams. This book" "explores the ongoing struggle for legitimate, accountable political leaders in postcolonial Southern Africa, focusing on dilemmas arising when ex-liberation movements form the governments. While the spread of multi-party democracy to most countries in the region is to be celebrated, democratic practice often has been superficial - a limited, elitist politics that relies on the symbols of the liberation struggle to legitimate "de facto" one-party rule and authoritarian practices. Using country cases from Tanzania, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Zambia, the collection explores three subthemes relevant to postcolonial governance in Southern Africa: how the struggle for liberation shapes the character of political transformation, the nature of rule in one-party dominant states headed by former liberation movements, and the processes of governance and resistance in post-liberation contexts.This book was published as a special issue of the "Journal of Contemporary African Studies."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Post-colonial struggles for a democratic Southern Africa: Legacies of Liberation. To get started finding Post-colonial struggles for a democratic Southern Africa: Legacies of Liberation, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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