Land, Liberation and Compromise in Southern Africa

by C. Alden, W. Anseeuw

Overview

This book analyzes the origins of the crisis in Zimbabwe and why it has had such a profound impact on both the land issue and democratic politics in the Southern African region. In doing so, it contributes to the present debates around Mugabe, neo-imperialism and the stability in the region.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230230842
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	10/29/2009
Edition description:	2009
Pages:	263
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

CHRIS ALDEN is a reader in International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. He has conducted extensive field research across the Southern African region and has published widely on the international politics and conflict in Southern Africa as well as work on Asia-Africa relations.

WARD ANSEEUW is a research fellow at the Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD), seconded to Post-Graduate School of Agriculture and Rural Development at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. He has conducted research for the last 10 years in Southern Africa and the African continent, more particularly on the issues of agricultural restructuring, land conflicts, agrarian and land reforms. He has published extensively on these issues in scientific journals and with renowned publishers.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Introduction Understanding Land, Politics and Change in Southern Africa Sowing the Whirlwind – Zimbabwe and Southern Africa Darkness at Noon – South Africa A Distant Thunder – Namibia Compromise and Liberation? Bibliography Index

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