{"product_id":"post-colonial-struggles-for-a-democratic-southern-africa-legacies-of-liberation-9781138913448","title":"Post-Colonial Struggles for a Democratic Southern Africa: Legacies of Liberation","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Carolyn Bassett\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Taylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Political Process - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNational liberation, one of the grand narratives of the twentieth century, has left a weighty legacy of unfulfilled dreams. This book\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the ongoing struggle for legitimate, accountable political leaders in postcolonial Southern Africa, focusing on dilemmas arising when ex-liberation movements form the governments. While the spread of multi-party democracy to most countries in the region is to be celebrated, democratic practice often has been superficial - a limited, elitist politics that relies on the symbols of the liberation struggle to legitimate \u003ci\u003ede facto\u003c\/i\u003e one-party rule and authoritarian practices. Using country cases from Tanzania, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Zambia, the collection explores three subthemes relevant to postcolonial governance in Southern Africa: how the struggle for liberation shapes the character of political transformation, the nature of rule in one-party dominant states headed by former liberation movements, and the processes of governance and resistance in post-liberation contexts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book was published as a special issue of the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Contemporary African Studies\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45237082456215,"sku":"9781138913448","price":8300.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781138913448.webp?v=1769215559","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/post-colonial-struggles-for-a-democratic-southern-africa-legacies-of-liberation-9781138913448","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}