Why do strong opposition party organizations emerge in some democratizing countries,
while those in others remain weak or quickly fragment on ethnic lines? From Protest to …

The question usually asked about Africa is:'why is it going wrong?'Is the continent still
suffering from the ravages of colonialism? Or is it the victim of postcolonial economic …

Why are politicians able to form electoral coalitions that bridge ethnic divisions in some
countries and not others? This book answers this question by presenting a theory of …

Becoming Zimbabwe is the first comprehensive history of Zimbabwe, spanning the years
from 850 to 2008. In 1997, the then Secretary General of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade …

From the late 1990s Zimbabwe entered a period that has come to be known generally as the
'Crisis in Zimbabwe'. 1 This upheaval consisted of a combination of political and economic …

When and why do the urban poor vote for opposition parties in Africa's electoral
democracies? The strategies used by political parties to incorporate the urban poor into the …

An analysis of the ties between culture and every aspect of African life, using Africa's past to
explain present situations. This book focuses on the modern cultures of Africa, from the …

As African countries moved toward electoral democratization in the 1990s, many countries
remained basically authoritarian, but incorporated some democratic innovations to one …

This article investigates three hypotheses suggested in the literature on women's political
empowerment, operationalized here as increased legislative representation. These …

ABSTRACT The Global Political Agreement (GPA) signed between the two Movements for
Democratic Change and the Zimbabwe African National Union–Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) …