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Title:Zambia: The Disintegration of the Nationalist Coalitions in UNIP and the Imposition of a One-Party State, 1964-1972
Author:Kashimani, Eric M.ISNI
Year:1995
Periodical:Transafrican Journal of History
Volume:24
Pages:23-69
Language:English
Notes:biblio. refs.
Geographic terms:Zambia
Central Africa
Subjects:political parties
opposition parties
one-party systems
Politics and Government
politics
political science
history
United National Independence Party (Zambia)
Political development
Kaunda, Kenneth D. (Kenneth David), 1924-
External link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/24328653
Abstract:This article examines the transformation of Zambia from a multiparty State at independence in 1964 to a one-party State in 1972. It argues that it was mainly the disintegration of the nationalist coalitions within Kaunda's United National Independence Party (UNIP) which led, first, to the emergence of an authoritarian presidency and later to the imposition of a one-party State. Kaunda did not impose himself as an authoritarian president through individual cunning and expertise, but as a result of social forces within UNIP. The first section of the article examines how UNIP leaders faced the new challenge of nationhood after independence (1964-1967). Section two discusses the intensification of factional conflicts within UNIP and how UNIP began to harass opposition leaders (1967-1971). Section three examines the formation of the United Progressive Party (UPP) in 1971 and the panicky reaction of UNIP, which resulted in the imposition of the one-party State in 1972. Section four criticizes the UNIP government's arguments for a one-party State and the last section explains the demise of Zambia's First Republic. Notes, ref., sum.
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