Zimbabwe

The burst of optimism that greeted independent Zimbabwe's dramatic, if belated, entrance onto the world stage has tended to blur memories of the painful circumstances of its birth and of the heavy burden inherited from ninety years of settler domination. This survey endeavours to explain, firstly, how a miniscule white community, with barely half the population of the capital of Canada, succeeded in clinging to its power and privileges for so long despite the active hostility of the overwhelming majority of the country's population and the collective efforts of virtually the whole world. Secondly, it attempts to account for the ultimate collapse of the Rhodesian rebellion; and, finally, it seeks to assess the implications of the legacy of the past and the constraints of the present for the prospects for peace and prosperity in Zimbabwe. In thus highlighting some of the inevitable problems the new nation faces, it is not suggested that it lacks the capacity to surmount them. On the contrary, the outlook today is, in many respects, far more auspicious than anyone could reasonably have hoped for a little more than a year ago. Nevertheless, it confers no credit on Zimbabwean leaders to minimize the daunting challenges that confront them as they set about the awesome tasks of healing the wounds of war, rectifying the injustices of the past, overcoming the consequences of neglect especially in the rural areas, and mobilizing the united energies of the people

Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Optimism · Political economy · Political science · Population · Power (physics · Prosperity · Sociology · African studies and sociopolitical issues · Law · Psychology

• Internationale Interessen und regionale Konflikte im südlichen Afrika. Die Dekolonisation Zimbabwes

  Open Access•Gerald Braun•Verfassung in Recht und Übersee•1983

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