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Polarization and transformation in Zimbabwe : social movements, strategy dilemmas, and change / Erin McCandless.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McCandless, Erin.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Polarization (Social sciences)--Zimbabwe.
- Polarization (Social sciences).
- Social movements--Zimbabwe.
- Social movements.
- Social change--Zimbabwe.
- Social change.
- Zimbabwe--Politics and government--1980-.
- Zimbabwe.
- Politics and government.
- Zimbabwe--Social conditions--1980-.
- Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 254 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, [2011]
- Summary:
- Social movements and civic organizations often face profound strategy dilemmas that can hamper their effectiveness and prevent them from contributing" to transformative change and peace. In Zimbabwe two particular dilemmas have fed into and fueled destructive processes of political polarization: the first is whether to prioritize political or economic rights and the second is whether and how to work with government and/or donors. This book investigates these issuesthrough two social movement organizations-the National Constitutional Assembly and the Zimbabwe National War Veterans Association. Through in-depth case study analysis and peace and conflict impact assessment spanning the years 1997-2010, lessons are drawn for activists, practitioners, policy-makers, and scholars interested in depolarizing concepts underpinning polarizing discourses, transcending strategy dilemmas, and understanding how social action can better contribute to transformative change and peace. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Part I : mapping this study
- Mapping polarization and transformation in Zimbabwe
- Historical context for social action in Zimbabwe
- Part II : the movements
- The NCA : grievances, structure and identity, driving interests
- The ZNLWVA : grievances, structure and identity, driving interests
- NCA and ZNLWVA : strategy dilemmas and actions
- Part III : transformative change and peace
- Assessing outcomes and implications for transformative change and peace
- Transforming and preventing polarization : lessons from Zimbabwe.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780739125953
- 0739125958
- OCLC:
- 707886969
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