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Independent Press and the Fall of Robert Mugabe: Some Empirical Reflections
Publicerad 2025-04-01Ämnen: “…ZANU-PF factionalism…”This comparative case study interrogates how Zimbabwe’s independent press reported on ZANU-PF factionalism in the period from 2014 to 2017. It focuses on two dailies, <i>Daily News</i> and <i>NewsDay</i>. These were Zimbabwe’s only privately owned newspapers at the time. The...
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ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE AND ELITE DEFECTION FROM HEGEMONIC PARTIES
Publicerad 2015-07-01“…This study’s original dataset, which includes 227 elections for the chief executive in hegemonic party dictatorships from 1946 to 2004, and its case studies of defections in Zimbabwe under ZANU-PF in 2008 and Turkey under the Democratic Party in 1955 provide evidence for this proposition.…”Hegemonic party regimes are non-democratic regimes that [1] rule with the aid of a dominant political party and [2] hold multi-party elections. Elite coalitions organized under the aegis of a hegemonic party are most vulnerable in elections that coincide with poor economic performance. A declining e...
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Party Foot-Soldiers, Quasi-Militias, Vigilantes, and the Spectre of Violence in Zimbabwe’s Opposition Politics
Publicerad 2020-06-01“…The prevailing narrative is that political violence is largely a monopoly of the state and the ruling party, Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF). However, an emerging trend implicates opposition political parties, particularly the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). …”Scholarship tends to neglect the phenomenon of political violence in opposition parties in Zimbabwe. The prevailing narrative is that political violence is largely a monopoly of the state and the ruling party, Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF). However, an emerging trend im...
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The church, state accountability and the Zimbabwe Gold currency
Publicerad 2025-06-01“…This theoretical study explores the Zimbabwe Council of Churches’ (ZCC) pivotal role in promoting social justice and economic accountability within Zimbabwe’s repressive political climate under the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF). The ZCC embodies grassroots agency in resisting systemic injustices alongside the Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations (ZHOCD), representing diverse Christian expressions. …”This theoretical study explores the Zimbabwe Council of Churches’ (ZCC) pivotal role in promoting social justice and economic accountability within Zimbabwe’s repressive political climate under the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF). The ZCC embodies grassroots agency in resis...
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