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The Land Reform Deception - Political Opportunism in Zimbabwe's Land Seizure Era (Hardcover)
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The Land Reform Deception - Political Opportunism in Zimbabwe's Land Seizure Era (Hardcover)
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The Land Reform Deception looks at a particularly contentious
period in Zimbabwe's recent history, from 2000-2008, when the
government seized commercial farms using illegal and violent
methods against an unarmed population of farmers and workers.
Robert Mugabe's government began the seizures on a small, targeted
scale in an effort to suppress opposition groups, but they soon
escalated into an out-of-control frenzy targeting all farms in the
country. The state claimed that the seizures were carried out in
response to a public cry for land redistribution and to rectify
colonial-era injustices, but the move was economically and socially
disastrous for the country. Land was distributed to those with
little or no farming experience, and, as a result, agricultural
output contracted and inflation and unemployment rose dramatically.
The basic question Charles Laurie raises is why the state would
target its own dominant agricultural industry using such violent
and illegal methods. He also seeks to uncover the major actors and
their motivations and strategies. Laurie argues that the land
seizures were carried out by high-ranking officials, mostly
veterans of the national war for independence, for financial and
political gain. But he argues that the scale on which they were
carried out and the violent methods used were never part of a
planned government policy. He also argues that Mugabe initially
opposed the seizures, knowing that they would wreck the economy,
only to later support them to retain his political power.
Incorporating unprecedented empirical evidence gathered from
in-depth interviews with senior politicians, members of the
secretive Central Intelligence Organization, the military and
police, along with farmers and workers who were targeted during the
invasions, The Land Reform Deception strips away official
explanations and delves into the political and economic drivers
that triggered the seizure of commercial farms.
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