Resilience Under Siege: The Zimbabwean Economy, Politics and Society

Ezra Chitando · Munyaradzi Nyakudya · Government Phiri

Apr 2016 · Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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This volume explores the challenges and solutions experienced within Zimbabwe’s economic and social spheres, with particular reference to the “crisis years” (2000–2008) and the “promising turn” (2009–2012). This latter phase was prompted by the formation of the Government of National Unity (GNU). The contributors to the volume pay attention to how individuals and institutions sought to respond to the crisis, critiquing the reactions of various actors and exploring solutions to the various challenges that were experienced.

Chapters in this book include reviews of agricultural subsidies, a gendered approach to poverty, the collapse of service delivery (including a particular focus on education), the “look East policy”, the expansion of the religious sector, and the experiences of Zimbabwean migrants in South Africa. Underlying these contributions are the concepts of resilience and agency. The authors all highlight the massive challenges that individuals and institutions had to navigate, and acknowledge the creativity deployed in such quests.

This book will appeal to scholars in economics, history and economic history, religious studies, education, and political science, as well as the general reader.

About the author

Ezra Chitando is a Professor in History and Phenomenology of Religion at the University of Zimbabwe and the World Council of Churches Theology Consultant on HIV and AIDS. His research interests include religion and politics, gender, economics, security and HIV. He has published widely in these and other areas.

Munyaradzi Nyakudya is a Lecturer in History at the University of Zimbabwe. He has served in several education institutions in Zimbabwe since the late 1980s. His research interests are colonial and post-colonial African history, with a special focus on peace and security studies. He is also Founding Chairman of the Zimbabwe Peace and Security Education and Training Network, a network of academics dedicated to the promotion of peace and security education.

Government Phiri (deceased) was a Lecturer in Economic History at the University of Zimbabwe. Up to his untimely death, he was attached to the University of Malawi, where he was assisting with the establishment of a Department of Economic History.

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