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Power politics in Zimbabwe / Michael Bratton.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London: Rienner, 2014.Description: ix, 281 pages : 24 cmISBN:
  • 1626370761 (acidfree paper)
  • 9781626370760 (acidfree paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 968.9105 23
LOC classification:
  • DT2996 BRA 2014
Contents:
Power politics -- Political settlements -- The colonial political settlement -- The independence political settlement -- A period of crisis, 2000-2008 -- African experiences with power sharing -- Zimbabwe's power-sharing settlement, 2008-2013 -- Rewriting Zimbabwe's constitution -- Improving electoral conduct? -- Approaching security sector reform -- Tackling transitional justice -- Reflections on theory and policy.
Summary: "Tracing the country's elusive search for political stability across the decades, Michael Bratton offers a careful analysis of the failed power-sharing experiment, an account of its institutional origins, and an explanation of its demise. In the process, he explores key challenges of political transition: constitution making, elections, security-sector reform, and transitional justice."--Publishers website
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Books in General collection Books in General collection Mzuzu University Library and Learning Resources Centre Non-fiction DT 299.6 BRA 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 14239 Available MzULM-014239

Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-269) and index.

Power politics -- Political settlements -- The colonial political settlement -- The independence political settlement -- A period of crisis, 2000-2008 -- African experiences with power sharing -- Zimbabwe's power-sharing settlement, 2008-2013 -- Rewriting Zimbabwe's constitution -- Improving electoral conduct? -- Approaching security sector reform -- Tackling transitional justice -- Reflections on theory and policy.

"Tracing the country's elusive search for political stability across the decades, Michael Bratton offers a careful analysis of the failed power-sharing experiment, an account of its institutional origins, and an explanation of its demise. In the process, he explores key challenges of political transition: constitution making, elections, security-sector reform, and transitional justice."--Publishers website

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