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Land and agrarian reform in Zimbabwe : beyond white-settler capitalism / edited by Sam Moyo, Walter Chambati.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Codesria book series.
- CODESRIA book series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Land tenure--Zimbabwe.
- Land tenure.
- Land reform--Zimbabwe.
- Land reform.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (374 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Dakar, Senegal : CODESRIA, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Fast Track Land Reform Programme implemented during the 2000's in Zimbabwe represents the only instance of radical redistributive land reforms since the end of the Cold War. It reversed the racially-skewed agrarian structure and discriminatory land tenures inherited from colonial rule. The land reform also radicalised the state towards a nationalist, introverted accumulation strategy, against a broad array of unilateral Western sanctions. Indeed, Zimbabwe ís land reform, in its social and political dynamics, must be compared to the leading land reforms of the twentieth century, which include
- Contents:
- ""Cover""; ""Title page""; ""Copyright page""; ""Contents""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""List of Tables, Figures and Boxes""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Notes on Contributors""; ""1. Introduction: Roots of the Fast Track Land Reform in Zimbabwe""; ""Introduction""; ""Accumulation by dispossession in former settler-colonial Africa""; ""The prospects and challenges of Zimbabwe's land and agrarian reform""; ""The structural adjustment of intellectual discourse: some methodological notes""; ""Outline of the chapters""; ""Notes""; ""References""
- ""2. Land Reform and Redistribution in Zimbabwe Since 1980""""Introduction""; ""Market-based land reform and its contradictions""; ""The Fast Track Land Redistribution Policy and its implementation""; ""FTLRP policy contradictions and adjustments""; ""Land redistribution and the reformation of property rights""; ""Reformation of agricultural property rights and land tenure relations""; ""Identity and nationality issues emerging from the FTLRP process""; ""Gender dimensions of the land redistribution programme""; ""The changing agrarian structure and class dynamics after the FTLRP""
- ""Concluding remarks"" ""Notes""; ""References""; ""3. A Decade of Zimbabwe's Land Revolution: The Politics of the War Veteran Vanguard""; ""Introduction""; ""Historical background""; ""The land occupations revolution of 1998-2002""; ""Climax of the revolution 2000-2002""; ""The Fast Track Land Reform Programme""; ""Murambatsvina period""; ""Rupture with the capitalist system?""; ""Conclusion: towards a theory of Zimbabwe's revolution""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""4. Nyabira-Mazowe War Veterans Association: A Microcosm of the National Land Occupation Movement""; ""Introduction""
- ""Origin and class composition of the NMWVA membership""""Organisational and leadership structure of the NMWVA""; ""Micro-mobilisation of land movements and relations with the state""; ""Crystallising individual actions into collective actions""; ""The development of new social networks in farming areas""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""5. Changing Agrarian Labour Relations after Land Reform in Zimbabwe""; ""Introduction""; ""Agrarian structure, production and labour relations""; ""New agrarian labour relations after land reform""
- ""Changing agricultural production relations and labour utilisation""""Economic and social conditions of agrarian labour""; ""Politics of rural labour after the FTLRP""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""6. Changing Agrarian Relations after Redistributive Land Reform in Zimbabwe""; ""Introduction""; ""Agrarian history and land reform""; ""Agrarian reform policies since the FTLRP""; ""Changing agrarian production relations""; ""Differentiated access to agricultural inputs and markets""; ""Changing farmer organisation""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""References""
- ""7. Social Organisation in the Aftermath of Fast Track?: An Analysis of Emerging Forms of Local Authority, Platforms of Mobilisation and Local Cooperation""
- Notes:
- "This book is a product of CODESRIA National Working Group on Zimbabwe."
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9782869785724
- 2869785720
- 9782869785700
- 2869785704
- OCLC:
- 853361145
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