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This book examines the key events, personalities and wider socio-political context that led to Mugabe's victory in the 2013 Zimbabwean elections.
List of contents
1. Introduction: thinking a new Zimbabwe; 2. Building towards the 2013 elections; 3. The elections of 2013; 4. 'We are tired of supporting a loser': the MDC campaign; 5. 'Zanu managed to mend relationships': the Zanu-PF campaign; 6. Conflicting reports and assessments I: the run-up; 7. Conflicting reports and assessments II: the aftermath; 8. One year after the elections; 9. Succession battles in the new Zimbabwe; Postscript: on reality and rumours.
About the author
Stephen Chan OBE was the Foundation Dean of Law and Social Sciences at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and was 2010 International Studies Association Eminent Scholar in Global Development. He was 2015 Konrad Adenauer Chair of Academic Excellence at Birzeit University, Palestine and 2016 George Soros Chair of Public Policy at the Central European University, Budapest. A former member of the Commonwealth Secretariat, he helped invent modern electoral observation at the independence elections of Zimbabwe in 1980, and has published 31 books, several on Zimbabwe.Julia Gallagher teaches African Politics at Royal Holloway, University of London. Her research focuses on African international relations and their impact on domestic politics, as well as British policy in Africa. She is the author of three books on Africa and Zimbabwe, and is also the author of Zimbabwe's International Relations (Cambridge, forthcoming).
Summary
An account of the 2013 elections in Zimbabwe, examining the events, personalities and the wider socio-political context that led to President Mugabe's re-election. It is for students and scholars studying African politics, comparative studies and development studies, and for those exploring the political context and history of the region.
