04446nam a22005895i 4500 978-981-97-5254-6 DE-He213 20251030112906.0 cr nn 008mamaa 240822s2024 si | s |||| 0|eng d 9789819752546 978-981-97-5254-6 10.1007/978-981-97-5254-6 doi JQ1870-3981 JP bicssc 1H bicssc POL053000 bisacsh JP 1H thema Moyo, Zenzo. author. (orcid)0009-0001-2624-5482 https://orcid.org/0009-0001-2624-5482 aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 82733 Civil Society and the Party-state in Zimbabwe [electronic resource] : Democracy, Hegemonies and Polarities / by Zenzo Moyo. 1st ed. 2024. Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. XIX, 305 p. 3 illus., 2 illus. in color. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Chapter 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. The 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. Africa Politics and government. 67669 Legislation. 74556 Elections. 70850 Economic development. 58075 Political planning. 57717 Urban policy. 57466 African Politics. 67671 Legislative Politics. 74557 Electoral Politics. 70851 Development Studies. 67851 Policy Adoption. 82734 Urban Policy. 57466 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9789819752539 Printed edition: 9789819752553 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-5254-6 ZDB-2-POS ZDB-2-SXPI 62654 62654