Zimbabwe's Long Agony
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6286751 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Bratton, Eldred Masunungure, Eldred V Masunungure (Opinion (Norway)) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 41-55 |
| Publication date | 2008-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of democracy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1045-5736 • E-ISSN: 1086-3214 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/jod.0.0024 |
| OpenAlex | W2063733812 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 39 |
| References cited | 6 |
What mechanisms have ensured ZANU-PF’s enduring rule? This article identifies five: an ideological belief in a right to rule in perpetuity, a party machinery that penetrates the organs of state, a corrupted economy vested in the hands of party loyalists, an institutionalized role in policy making for military commanders, and a heavy reliance on violence, increasingly outsourced to auxiliary forces. Because the ZANU-PF regime—a militarized form of electoral authoritarianism—will outlast the Robert Mugabe’s political career or biological lifespan, it will affect the nature of any political transition and future prospects for democracy in Zimbabwe
Development economics · Economics · Political economy · Political science · African history and culture studies · African studies and sociopolitical issues · Psychology · South African History and Culture
Norms, self-interest and effectiveness
Poverty, changing political regimes, and social cash transfers in Zimbabwe, 1980–2016
Gender and Representing the Unrepresentable
Mobilising the Diaspora
Self-Enforcing Democracy
The nexus between Zanu PF, Mbuya Nehanda and the liberation struggle
Reconciliation
Popular Dictatorships
Naming, Identity, Politics and Violence in Zimbabwe
Patriotic history and anti-LGBT rhetoric in Zimbabwean politics
Dream delayed or dream betrayed
Economic Crisis and Professions
Artistic activities and cultural activism as responses to HIV/Aids in Harare, Zimbabwe
Preventing Violence in Future Elections
Zanu-PF’s bigwig rallies as performative politics during Zimbabwe’s 2008 and 2013 elections
Analytic authoritarianism and Nigeria
Closed spaces or (in)competent citizens? A study of youth preparedness for participation in elections in Zimbabwe
Militarisation and State Capacity in Zimbabwe
When militarisation endangered both human and state security
The Responsibility to Protect and the Youth
The Zimbabwean People's Army moment in Zimbabwean history, 1975–1977
For Our Rights/We Will Rise Cultural Activism and Contesting the Collapsing City
Legislative configuration and strength through the idea of Ends Independence
Political insecurity and citizens’ responses in contemporary Zimbabwe
Democratic Parliamentary Monarchies
Zimbabwe
A New Twilight in Zimababwe
Timing and targeting of state repression in authoritarian elections
Mobilization Under Threat
A New Twilight in Zimababwe
The internal dynamics of power-sharing in Africa
Continuity despite change
Signals of Support From Great Power Patrons and the Use of Repression During Nonviolent Protests
Remittances and Protest in Dictatorships
Who dissents? Self-efficacy and opposition action after state-sponsored election violence
Engineered non-contestation
Deliberate Disengagement
The Psychology of State Repression
Liminality in incorporation
| Unique citing works | 39 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,29 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2026 (18) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 38 |