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This book covers not only the political situation in Zimbabwe, but
its international context and those areas of privation, exclusion
and silence within the country that are beneath the everyday face
of politics. Written by either a Zimbabwean or an internationally
acknowledged expert on aspects of Zimbabwe, all the authors agree
that the silences in and surrounding the African state cannot
continue. This volume utilizes the perspectives of diplomacy,
health, law and literature written in both English and Shona, and
of those deeply concerned with democratization in Zimbabwe and its
surrounding region. Zimbabwe and the Space of Silence will be of
interest to students and scholars of African studies, African and
Third World politics and international law. This book was
previously published as a special issue of The Round Table.
Zimbabwe has moved from a condition of restricted expression to one
of many contradictory expressions. Politics has lost none of its
compromises and conflicts, but it has been amplified by an
explosion of voices. For the first time, a genuine debate is
possible among many actors, insiders and outsiders, and the
question marks over Zimbabwe and its future are no longer in terms
of a narrow choice between one party and another, one outlook or
another. Compromise government has meant complexity of debate. This
does not preclude disillusionment within debate, but it does
include vigour and imagination in debate. This book includes essays
from renowned scholars, governmental and diplomatic figures, and
prioritises contributions by Zimbabweans themselves. The essays
provide a blend of academic and practitioner observation and
judgement which no other volume has done. This book was published
as a special issue of The Round Table.
Zimbabwe has moved from a condition of restricted expression to one
of many contradictory expressions. Politics has lost none of its
compromises and conflicts, but it has been amplified by an
explosion of voices. For the first time, a genuine debate is
possible among many actors, insiders and outsiders, and the
question marks over Zimbabwe and its future are no longer in terms
of a narrow choice between one party and another, one outlook or
another. Compromise government has meant complexity of debate. This
does not preclude disillusionment within debate, but it does
include vigour and imagination in debate. This book includes essays
from renowned scholars, governmental and diplomatic figures, and
prioritises contributions by Zimbabweans themselves. The essays
provide a blend of academic and practitioner observation and
judgement which no other volume has done. This book was published
as a special issue of The Round Table.
The 2013 general elections in Zimbabwe were widely expected to mark
a shift in the nation's political system, and a greater role for
the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), led by Prime
Minister Morgan Tsvangirai. However, the results, surprisingly,
were overwhelmingly in favour of long-time President Robert Mugabe,
who swept the presidential, parliamentary and senatorial polls
under relatively credible and peaceful conditions. In this book, a
valuable and accessible read for both students and scholars working
in African politics, and those with a general interest in the
politics of the region, Stephen Chan and Julia Gallagher explore
the domestic and international context of these landmark elections.
Drawing on extensive research among political elites, grassroots
activists and ordinary voters, Chan and Gallagher examine the key
personalities, dramatic events, and broader social and political
context of Mugabe's success, and what this means as Zimbabwe moves
towards a future without Mugabe.
The 2013 general elections in Zimbabwe were widely expected to mark
a shift in the nation's political system, and a greater role for
the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), led by Prime
Minister Morgan Tsvangirai. However, the results, surprisingly,
were overwhelmingly in favour of long-time President Robert Mugabe,
who swept the presidential, parliamentary and senatorial polls
under relatively credible and peaceful conditions. In this book, a
valuable and accessible read for both students and scholars working
in African politics, and those with a general interest in the
politics of the region, Stephen Chan and Julia Gallagher explore
the domestic and international context of these landmark elections.
Drawing on extensive research among political elites, grassroots
activists and ordinary voters, Chan and Gallagher examine the key
personalities, dramatic events, and broader social and political
context of Mugabe's success, and what this means as Zimbabwe moves
towards a future without Mugabe.
The Second International Workshop on Cooperative Internet Computing
(CIC2002) has brought together researchers, academics, and industry
practitioners who are involved and interested in the development of
advanced and emerging cooperative computing technologies.
Cooperative computing is an important computing paradigm to enable
different parties to work together towards a pre defined
non-trivial goal. It encompasses important technological areas like
computer supported cooperative work, workflow, computer assisted
design and concurrent programming. As technologies continue to
advance and evolve, there is an increasing need to research and
develop new classes of middlewares and applications to leverage on
the combined benefits of Internet and web to provide users and
programmers with highly interactive and robust cooperative
computing environment. It is the aim of this forum to promote close
interactions and exchange of ideas among researchers, academics and
practitioners on the state-of-the art researches in all of these
exciting areas. We have partnered with Kluwer Acedamic Press this
year to bring to you a book compilation of the papers that were
presented at the CIC2002 workshop. The importance of the research
area is reflected both in the quality and quantity of the submitted
papers, where each paper was reviewed by at least three PC members.
As a result, we were able to only accept 14 papers for full
presentation at the workshop, while having to reject several
excellent papers due to the limitations of the program schedule.
The Second International Workshop on Cooperative Internet Computing
(CIC2002) has brought together researchers, academics, and industry
practitioners who are involved and interested in the development of
advanced and emerging cooperative computing technologies.
Cooperative computing is an important computing paradigm to enable
different parties to work together towards a pre defined
non-trivial goal. It encompasses important technological areas like
computer supported cooperative work, workflow, computer assisted
design and concurrent programming. As technologies continue to
advance and evolve, there is an increasing need to research and
develop new classes of middlewares and applications to leverage on
the combined benefits of Internet and web to provide users and
programmers with highly interactive and robust cooperative
computing environment. It is the aim of this forum to promote close
interactions and exchange of ideas among researchers, academics and
practitioners on the state-of-the art researches in all of these
exciting areas. We have partnered with Kluwer Acedamic Press this
year to bring to you a book compilation of the papers that were
presented at the CIC2002 workshop. The importance of the research
area is reflected both in the quality and quantity of the submitted
papers, where each paper was reviewed by at least three PC members.
As a result, we were able to only accept 14 papers for full
presentation at the workshop, while having to reject several
excellent papers due to the limitations of the program schedule."
The book traces the end of hostilities and the often acrimonious,
sometimes naive, but always laboured negotiations towards peace and
elections in Mozambique. There is careful examination of the many
international factors involved from the covert intervention of
South Africa, the reaction of one African state, the role of the
United Nations and that of humanitarian and religious groups. The
lessons for conflict resolution and peacekeeping for Africa and
beyond are discussed.
The book traces the end of hostilities and the often acrimonious, sometimes naive, but always laboured negotiations towards peace and elections in Mozambique. There is careful examination of the many international factors involved from the covert intervention of South Africa, the reaction of one African state, the role of the United Nations and that of humanitarian and religious groups. The lessons for conflict resolution and peacekeeping for Africa and beyond are discussed.
This collection of essays examines the historical influence of
states in East Asia's political economies, and considers their
contributions to the ongoing social, economic and political
transformation of the countries in this region. They show that the
status of these so-called developmental states have evolved over
time, and that their role and capacity have been significantly
related to the social bases and cultural roots of the relevant
countries.
This collection of essays examines the historical influence of
states in East Asia's political economies, and considers their
contributions to the ongoing social, economic and political
transformation of the countries in this region. They show that the
status of these so-called developmental states have evolved over
time, and that their role and capacity have been significantly
related to the social bases and cultural roots of the relevant
countries.
African liberation is often seen in terms of heroism, but seldom in
terms of thought. Even Sartre, in his preface to Frantz Fanon's
seminal The Wretched of the Earth, wrote of the 'native' with his
coiled muscles about to explode into rebellion. The African and the
black person are denied the condition of philosophy, apparently
driven only by frustration and anger. Stephen Chan's new book
charts the long history of African political thought, from the
years of North American slavery, through the development of modern
African nationalism and the difficulties of governing new states,
to Africa's political philosophy today, taking on the world as an
equal. He dwells at length on major figures from Marcus Garvey and
Kwame Nkrumah's postcolonial generation to Biko, Mandela and Ellen
Johnson Sirleaf. He shows their leadership to be inseparable from
their ideas, and from those of literary giants including Fanon,
W.E.B. Du Bois and Ngugi wa Thiong'o. This is no hagiography: Chan
critically examines his thinkers, who also include Mugabe and
Mobutu, and expresses concern for the future of Pan-Africanism. But
his fascinating account reveals a thoughtful continent that has
made complex, significant contributions to the world's intellectual
commons-yet continues to seek freedom.
This book examines foreign direct investment in a changing world
economy. It offers case-studies of this investment in different
national and industrial contexts. Firms and countries have
encountered mixed results in using this investment to further their
foreign leverage. Conversely, potential host countries have faced
different opportunities and constraints in attracting or utilizing
foreign capital for their development. Although some countries have
been relatively successful, most do not appear to be well
positioned to take advantage of the ongoing processes of
globalization of national economies.
This book examines foreign direct investment in a changing world
economy. It offers case-studies of this investment in different
national and industrial contexts. Firms and countries have
encountered mixed results in using this investment to further their
foreign leverage. Conversely, potential host countries have faced
different opportunities and constraints in attracting or utilizing
foreign capital for their development. Although some countries have
been relatively successful, most do not appear to be well
positioned to take advantage of the ongoing processes of
globalization of national economies.
With the seeming defeat of ISIS, has jihadism disappeared from
world politics? In this startling new book, Stephen Chan uncovers
the ideological foundations that allow ISIS and other jihadi groups
to survive, as they propagate terror by sophisticated means online
and continue thrusting their spear at the West. Far from presenting
simple-minded, black-clad fighters, Chan describes an elaborate
process of online recruitment, which is, in its own terrible way,
meaningful and thoughtful. He examines the foundations of this
thought and the step-by-step methods of jihadi indoctrination,
exposing the lack of IT knowledge among Western world leaders and
urging the 'moderate' Islamic community in the West to challenge
jihadi ideology with a courageous, non-violent ideology of its own.
Without a counter-ideology, Chan argues, alienated Muslim youth are
drawn not only to glamorised dreams of violence, but also to the
pull of a totalising system of politics and theology. Spear to the
West picks apart the fallacy of 'thoughtless' jihadi carnage,
arguing that-dangerous and gruesome as it might be-there is more
thought behind this phenomenon of destruction than meets the eye.
Bicycles are so much a part of everyday life nowadays, it can be
surprising to realize that for the late Victorians these
"velocipedes" were a novelty disparaged as being unhealthy and
unsafe - and that indeed tricycles were for a time seen as the
format more likely to succeed. Some people however adopted the
newfangled devices with alacrity, embarking on adventurous tours
throughout the countryside. One of them documented his 'rambles'
around East Kent in such detail that it is still possible to follow
his routes on modern cycles, and compare the fauna and flora (and
pubs ) with those he vividly described. In addition to providing
today's cyclists with new historical routes to explore, and both
naturalists and social historians with plenty of material for
research, this fascinating book contains a special chapter on Lady
Cyclists in the era before female emancipation, and an
unintentionally humorous section instructing young gentlemen how to
make their cycle and then ride it. It features over 200
illustrations, and is complemented by a fully updated website.
The humorous anecdotes, refined poems, astounding newspaper
articles and other materials that are gathered here in The Margate
Tales present a vivid picture of this seaside town as it rose to
become one of Britain's most popular resorts. Just as Chaucer's
Canterbury Tales help us get a feel for how the people in England
behaved and thought in the Middle Ages, Channing's Margate Tales
provide us with a unique insight into the people of Thanet as they
were described in the 18th and early to mid 19th centuries. The
illuminating and entertaining accounts range from furious battles
in the letters pages, to hilarious pastiches, witty verse and
surprising discoveries, illustrated with numerous contemporary
drawings. The end result is that as with Chaucer, one realizes how
little has in fact changed.
Morgan Tsvangirai's appointment as Zimbabwe's Prime Minister in
2009 followed many years' leadership of the Zimbabwe Congress of
Trades Unions and the Movement for Democratic Change. How has that
experience equipped him for high national office? Does he have the
personal, intellectual and political qualities required to be
President? In July 2004, as he was awaiting the verdict in his
treason trial, Tsvangirai spent several days in conversation with
Stephen Chan. Chan was concerned to find out if Tsvangirai was more
than 'merely a charismatic leader of the opposition'; if he had
'his own intellectual agenda and] political philosophy'. His
questions were even-handed and astute. 'Discussion by discussion,
Morgan Tsvangirai had become more open, more human - less cautious
and, paradoxically, more obviously and naturally presidential.'
Five years later, having reviewed the events since their
discussions took place, Chan writes: 'I have not made a saint of
him, not even an Atlas. I hope I have not criticized him too much
or too unfairly. Probably no one could have done for Zimbabwe what
he has.' Citizen of Zimbabwe is a rare and intimate portrait of
political leadership in Africa.
Surprisingly, one of the best sources of information on life in
Margate in the early 19th century was a little town in Australia.
Stewart Viney had attended school and later worked in Margate,
living just a few doors away from where the artist Turner was
staying with his mistress Mrs Booth, but then joined the Bendigo
Gold Rush. Finding only mixed fortune there, he progressed into
journalism and produced many fascinating articles about the place
where he had grown up and the people who had surrounded him. These
have been fortunately rediscovered and edited into a single volume
of great interest to local people and social historians alike.
Security has long been a central organizing concept of
international relations. Until the 1980s, students of the
discipline understood its simple essence in terms of arms races and
balances of power. However, the issues have changed considerably in
the 1990s, and this text aims to help students understand these
changes. Many attempts have been made to redefine the concept,
leading to a proliferation of terms such as true security, global
security, common security and environmental security, but there has
been little precision associated with the use of these terms which
have often been used in confusing and contradictory ways. In
attempting to help students deal with the confusion, this book
seeks to outline the theoretical tools at the disposal of students
for their own rethinking of security. These tools offer innovative
ways of looking at a central concept of the discipline. It outlines
some of these alternatives in the context of the third world,
which, it is argued, has been neglected by the traditional
conceptualization of security.
This book examines the former Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda's
political philosophy and practice, and considers the conflicting
views of the man and his policies - moralist or collaborator with
South Africa, practitioner of realpolitik or promoter of peace. The
author compares Kaunda with Mugabe, and assesses their respective
contribution to the fight against apartheid in South Africa as well
as the general effect of their policies on the region. The author
also considers the moves towards multi-party democracy in Zambia
which eventually led to Kaunda's removal from office.
On 21st November 2017 Robert Mugabe resigned as President of
Zimbabwe after 37 years in power. A week earlier the military had
seized control of the country and forced him to step down as leader
of the ruling Zanu-PF party. In this revised and updated edition of
his classic biography, Stephen Chan seeks to explain and interpret
Mugabe in his role as a key player in the politics of Southern
Africa. In this masterly portrait of one of Africa's
longest-serving leaders, Mugabe's character unfolds with the ebb
and flow of triumph and crisis. Mugabe's story is Zimbabwe's - from
the post-independence hopes of idealism and reconciliation to
electoral victory, the successful intervention in the international
politics of Southern Africa and the resistance to South Africa's
policy of apartheid. But a darker picture emerged early with the
savage crushing of the Matabeleland rising, the elimination of
political opponents, growing corruption and disastrous intervention
in the Congo war, all worsened by drought and the HIV/AIDS crisis.
Stephen Chan's highly revealing biography, based on close personal
knowledge of Zimbabwe, depicts the emergence and eventual downfall
of a ruthless and single-minded despot amassing and tightly
clinging to political power. We follow the triumphant nationalist
leader who reconciled all in the new multiracial Zimbabwe,
degenerate into a petty tyrant consumed by hubris and
self-righteousness and ultimately face an ignominious endgame at
the hands of his own army.
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