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| Title: | Special issue on Zimbabwe's 2005 general election |
| Editor: | Vale, Peter |
| Year: | 2005 |
| Periodical: | Journal of African Elections (ISSN 1609-4700) |
| Volume: | 4 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Pages: | 157 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic term: | Zimbabwe |
| Subjects: | elections 2005 |
| Abstract: | The contributions in this special issue consider various aspects of the 2005 general elections in Zimbabwe: the acute polarization of Zimbabwean politics and the violence, a result of a general mood of bitterness that has been building up for decades (Norman Mlambo), land politics (Sue Mbaya), the role of political parties (Lloyd M. Sachikonye), the political and legal framework, including election administration, delimitation of constituency boundaries, political party financing, media coverage, civic and voter education and election observation (Choice Ndoro), gender inequalities (Bertha Chiroro), the role of the National Youth Service/Militia (Martin R. Rupiya), and the weaknesses of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), the main opposition party (Sehlare Makgetlaneng). The issue opens with an article by Peter Vale in which he looks beyond routine explanations of the deteriorating situation in Zimbabwe and mainstream understandings of Southern African politics and argues that imaginative interpretations could help secure rights in Zimbabwe. He suggests that instead of an ontology based on State boundaries, the Southern African region should be considered a 'littoral zone', in which authority and control move back and forth between different social bundles. [ASC Leiden abstract] |
