Civil Society in Zimbabwe: Insights from Matabeleland (1) (Routledge Contemporary Africa)
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- Synopsis
- This book considers the historical and spatial dimensions of civil society in Zimbabwe’s Matabeleland region, an area suffering from severe development and democratic deficits over many decades.Transcending an organisational conception of civil society and a simplistic state-civil society dualist understanding, it recognises the dynamic character of civil society as a social space, inclusive of less formalised associational forms of collective life, as well as the colonial character and legacies of civil society both analytically and empirically. This book facilitates a nuanced understanding of the specificities of the social, political, and economic evolution of Matabeleland in colonial and post-colonial Zimbabwe, and the region’s troubled relations with the central state. Historically, it traces civil society in Matabeleland from the region’s resistance against the colonial-settler state to contemporary struggles for justice given the unresolved Gukurahundi legacy. Civil society is depicted as constituted by a set of complex and shifting struggles for justice, not simply between Matabeleland and the central state, but also internally within Matabeleland along multiple fault lines including class and culture. The relevance of understanding civil society in Matabeleland, for Zimbabwe and Africa more widely, is brought to the fore.The book will be of interest and value to scholars of civil society, politics and democratisation across the African continent.
- Copyright:
- 2026
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 296 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781040404041
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781040404003, 9781003511281, 9781032841168
- Publisher:
- Taylor & Francis
- Date of Addition:
- 09/01/25
- Copyrighted By:
- selection and editorial matter, Mandlenkosi Mpofu, Dion Nkomo and Kirk Helliker
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Social Studies, Politics and Government
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
- Edited by:
- Mandlenkosi Mpofu
- Edited by:
- Dion Nkomo
- Edited by:
- Kirk Helliker
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