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The Urban Roots of Democracy and Political Violence in Zimbabwe

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Description for The Urban Roots of Democracy and Political Violence in Zimbabwe Paperback. A timely examination of African politics during the formative years of Zimbabwean nationalism. Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora. Num Pages: 242 pages, 13, 10 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white line drawings, 10 black and white, 3. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 3JJH; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJH; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 173 x 15. Weight in Grams: 378.
The Urban Roots of Democracy and Political Violence in Zimbabwe details a democratic tradition developed in the 1940s and 1950s, and a movement that would fall victim to an increasingly elitist and divisive political culture by the 1960s. Providing biographical sketches of key personalities within the genealogy of nationalist politics, Timothy Scarnecchia weaves an intricate narrative that traces the trajectories of earlier democratic traditions in Zimbabwe, including women's political movements, township organizations, and trade unions. This work suggests that intense rivalries for control of the nationalist leadership after 1960, the sell-out politics of that period, and Cold War ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
242
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Rochester, United States
ISBN
9781580463638
SKU
V9781580463638
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Reviews for The Urban Roots of Democracy and Political Violence in Zimbabwe
[An] original and intriguing book. [.] Scarnecchia skilfully moves his analysis between the local, national and international dimensions of the nationalist struggle in order to show how the deepening fault lines of class, gender and nation undermined the coherence of the nationalist movement and fuelled a politics of intimidation. In doing so he effectively undermines Zimbabwe's nationalist historiography of anticolonial ... Read more

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