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Liberation Movements in Power - Party and State in Southern Africa (Paperback)
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Liberation Movements in Power - Party and State in Southern Africa (Paperback)
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Analyses the ZANU-PF in Zimbabwe, SWAPO in Namibia and the ANC in
South Africa and to what extent their promises of democracy have
been effected in government. The liberation movements of Southern
Africa arose to combat racism, colonialism and settler capitalism
and engaged in armed struggle to establish democracy. After victory
over colonial and white minority regimes, they moved into
government embodying the hopes and aspirations of their mass of
supporters and of widespread international solidarity movements.
Even with the difficult legacies they inherited, their performance
in power has been deeply disappointing. Roger Southall tracks the
experiences in government of ZANU-PF, SWAPO and the ANC, arguing
that such movements are characterised by paradoxical qualities,
both emancipatory and authoritarian. Analysis is offered of their
evolution into political machines through comparative review of
their electoral performance, their relation to state and society,
their policies regarding economic transformation, and their
evolution as vehicles of class formation andpredatory behaviour.
The author concludes that, while they will survive
organizationally, their essence as progressive forces is dying, and
that hopes of a genuine liberation throughout the region will
depend upon political realignments alongside moral and intellectual
regeneration. ANC South Africa SWAPO Namibia Zanu-PF Zimbabwe Roger
Southall is Professor Emeritus in Sociology, University of the
Witwatersrand and a Research Associate of the Society, Work and
Development Institute.
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