Militarizing politics or politicizing the military? Interactions between politicians and the military in Zimbabwe, 2000-2013

Description

A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Humanities, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, 2017 / The thesis analyses civil-military relations in Zimbabwe since independence, but especially during the period from 2000 through 2013. A central question is why an outright military coup has not occurred, despite severe political and economic crises. Thequestion is broken down into two linked sub- -military relations question of why the military have not seized power from civilians and (2) the question why no "populist military revolt" has occurred, despite the kind of hyperinflation that has triggered such revolts in countries like Ghana and Ethiopia: [Abbreviated Abstract. Open document to view full version] / XL2018

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1. Mahuku, Darlington Ngoni (2017) Militarizing politics or politicizing the military? Interactions between politicians and the military in Zimbabwe, 2000-2013, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, <https://hdl.handle.net/10539/24724>
2. https://hdl.handle.net/10539/24724

Tags

Civil-military relations--Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe--Armed Forces

Zimbabwe--History--21st century

Additional Fields

Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:wits/oai:wiredspace.wits.ac.za:10539/24724
Date	January 2017
Creators	Mahuku, Darlington Ngoni
Source Sets	South African National ETD Portal
Language	English
Detected Language	English
Type	Thesis
Format	Online resource (x, 332 pages), application/pdf, application/pdf