Mugabe at war: The political economy of conflict in Zimbabwe

MacLean, Sandra J.

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“…Zimbabwe, with very poor governance, is now a nation teetering on the brink of political collapse. In recent years the country has been wracked by rising levels of politically motivated violence, extensive political corruption and military involvement in the Democratic Republic of Congo and violence against supporters of political opposition (Maclean, 2002). The Mugabe regime until recently had not given a high priority to containing and treating the disease (Price-Smith, 2004).…”

Section: Political Impactmentioning

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Political and socio-economic instability: does it have a role in the HIV/AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa?

Premkumar

Tebandeke

2011

SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS

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Many sub-Saharan African countries are confronted by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. This article reviews academic literature in the social sciences and health to discover why HIV/AIDS has become an epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa and not in other parts of the world. This was studied by examining the social determinants of diminishment of tradition and social cohesion in terms of political, social and economic problems. Four countries in this region were selected for this case study, namely South Africa, Botswana, Uganda and Zimbabwe. The findings showed that instability in socio-economic and political aspects in these nations was responsible for creating a suitable environment for the spread of HIV/AIDS infection. This paper concludes by using the theories of collective action/responsibility and social cohesion to hypothesise that the breakdown of social ties due to various kinds of conflicts and unrest is one of the main contributors to the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

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Section: Political Impactmentioning

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Political and socio-economic instability: does it have a role in the HIV/AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa?

Premkumar

Tebandeke

2011

SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS

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“…For example, we do not focus on the long-running civil war. This is due to space constraints and the framing of our theoretical question, although the political economy of resource conflict is something which the Angolan state form shares with a number of other African states (see, for instance, Baregu, 2002;Hirsch, 2001;Klare, 2001;Le Billon, 2005;Maclean, 2002;Malaquias, 2001;Taylor, 2003). The majority of our research relies on secondary sources and no primary empirical evidence was gathered by way of field work, and as such the research will not satisfy the country expert.…”

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(Re)Conceptualizing the Political Economy of the African State Form: The Strong/Weak State Contradiction in Angola

Solli

Leysens²

2011

Politikon

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This article is a theoretical contribution to the debate on African statehood. We use the Angolan state as a 'sounding board' for a mainstream neo-Weberian perspective and an oppositional historicist approach. We argue that the neo-Weberians inadequately explain the genealogy of state power and the historicists fail to provide a functionalist account of the state's relation to society. Neo-Weberians capture some of the basic facts related to a 'successful failed Angolan state' and historicists focus on governance legitimation strategies. As a way forward, we propose an eclectic theoretical alternative which draws on the work of Mahmood Mamdani and Robert W. Cox. We argue that their approaches provide us with the outlines of an explanation of statesociety relations in Africa which is contextualized in both space and time. This explanation, which regards history as a process, focuses on and encourages us to identify an African ideal-type of the state, which is different from the Eurocentric neo-Weberian ideal-type.

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“…Some observers have argued that Zimbabwe's involvement in the DRC was motivated by the government's attempt to bolster the loyalty of the army by providing its officers possibilities in the mineral trade, particularly diamonds (see MacLean, 2002). Certainly fiscal pressures were contributing to declining military spending in the 1990s.…”

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The political economy of Zimbabwe's descent into conflict

Addison

Laakso

2003

J of Intl Development

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The last two years have seen intensifying political violence in Zimbabwe. Could Zimbabwe slide further into political and economic turmoil? Or are there sufficient checks and balances in the social system to halt decline? The paper argues that the failed economic stabilization of the 1990s led to increased support for the opposition movement, especially among the middle-class and trade unionists who were hit by high inflation. The veterans of the liberation war and peasants-who are the power base of the ruling party both ideologically and as voters-also became increasingly disgruntled as they had received very little after independence while the leadership had enriched itself. The government was able buy the loyalty of the war veterans and to use them to intimidate the opposition, although it does not have full control over their actions. The paper concludes that democratic forces within civil society can play an important role in conflict prevention and resolution by building bridges between the different dissatisfied groups. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Mugabe at war: The political economy of conflict in Zimbabwe

Cited by 33 publications

References 7 publications

Political and socio-economic instability: does it have a role in the HIV/AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa?

Political and socio-economic instability: does it have a role in the HIV/AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa?

(Re)Conceptualizing the Political Economy of the African State Form: The Strong/Weak State Contradiction in Angola

The political economy of Zimbabwe's descent into conflict

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