04004nam a22005055i 4500001001800000003000900018005001700027007001500044008004100059020001800100024003500118050001600153072001500169072001500184072002300199072001800222100014100240245013100381250001800512264008200530300006300612336002600675337002600701338003600727347002400763505059200787520166801379650003703047650001703084650001503101650002603116650002403142650001803166650002203184650002603206650002403232650002503256650002103281650001803302710003403320773002603354776003603380776003603416856004603452978-981-97-5254-6DE-He21320251030112906.0cr nn 008mamaa240822s2024    si |    s    |||| 0|eng d  a97898197525467 a10.1007/978-981-97-5254-62doi 4aJQ1870-3981 7aJP2bicssc 7a1H2bicssc 7aPOL0530002bisacsh 7aJPx1H2thema1 aMoyo, Zenzo.eauthor.0(orcid)0009-0001-2624-54821https://orcid.org/0009-0001-2624-54824aut4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut10aCivil Society and the Party-state in Zimbabweh[electronic resource] :bDemocracy, Hegemonies and Polarities /cby Zenzo Moyo.  a1st ed. 2024. 1aSingapore :bSpringer Nature Singapore :bImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,c2024.  aXIX, 305 p. 3 illus., 2 illus. in color.bonline resource.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  atext filebPDF2rda0 aChapter 1: Civil society, state, hegemony and Gramsci in the modern world -- Chapter 2: The liberation movement, polarisation culture and civil society in Zimbabwe -- Chapter 3: The party-state, labour and student movements and democratisation in Zimbabwe -- Chapter 4: Human Rights and the Constitutional Movement in Zimbabwe -- Chapter 5: NGOs, local state and communities at subnational level – The case of Mangwe District -- Chapter 6: Matabeleland Question: Marginalisation, uneven ‘democracy’ and exclusion -- Chapter 7: A faltering counter-hegemony – Towards a conclusion.  aThe book utilises Gramsci’s concepts of hegemony, counter-hegemony, organic intellectuals, and integral state to interrogate how modes of engagement between the state and civil society have contributed to a polarised polity in Zimbabwe, and in turn how this has impacted democratisation processes. This was achieved by analysing intra-civil society interactions and state-civil society relations, which established deep polarised relationships that can be traced back to the liberation struggle. It also interrogates ideologies that drive these polarised relations, and how, together with material benefits from donors and the party-state, these relations impact ordinary people’s modes of existence. One of the arguments that emerge from the book is that political polarisation in Zimbabwe has now morphed into an established political culture that has played a huge role in the retardation of democratic struggles. It uses ideas of entangled modernities and travelling theory to cast doubt on the belief that civil society is the ‘missing key’ in the democratisation of developing countries. Zenzo Moyo holds an MA and a PhD in Development Studies from the University of Johannesburg. He is currently conducting independent research on civil society, poverty reduction, governance, political developments and democracy in Zimbabwe and other countries in Southern Africa. He has worked as a lecturer at the University of Johannesburg (2016-2019) as well as a Senior Researcher at the Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) in Johannesburg (2019-2021). He is still an associate researcher at both the University of Johannesburg and MISTRA. 0aAfricaxPolitics and government. 0aLegislation. 0aElections. 0aEconomic development. 0aPolitical planning. 0aUrban policy.14aAfrican Politics.24aLegislative Politics.24aElectoral Politics.24aDevelopment Studies.24aPolicy Adoption.24aUrban Policy.2 aSpringerLink (Online service)0 tSpringer Nature eBook08iPrinted edition:z978981975253908iPrinted edition:z978981975255340uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-5254-6