| Zimbabwe's Fight to the Finish Contributor(s): Moore (Author) |
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ISBN: 0710308728 ISBN-13: 9780710308726 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $113.85 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2008 Annotation: This book challenges the Western interpretation that poor governance under President Mugabe is the sole cause of the Zimbabwean crisis. Inherited and highly unequal colonial structures, particularly as applied to land, and the impoverishing impact of an IMF and World Bank conditionally sponsored Structural Adjustment Program [SAP] are considered primarily responsible. Previously, the Government managed to balance the peasant capitalist order without comprehensive land redistribution through state controls on prices, wages, finance and trade. Economic liberalization under the SAP, however, exposed the failure of a skewed market to meet majority basic needs, which underpins the current chaos over land. Instead of isolating the country, Western states should help Zimbabwe resolve the land question, which is more likely to secure a democratic and prosperous future. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Globalization - Business & Economics | Development - Economic Development - Political Science | Political Economy |
| Dewey: 968 |
| Physical Information: 1.16" H x 6.44" W x 9.38" (1.66 lbs) 366 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book challenges the Western interpretation that poor governance under President Mugabe is the sole cause of the Zimbabwean crisis. It considers inherited and highly unequal colonial structures, and the impoverishing impact of an IMF and World Bank. |