The Urban Roots of Democracy and Political Violence in Zimbabwe

The Urban Roots of Democracy and Political Violence in Zimbabwe
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Publisher : University Rochester Press
Total Pages : 244
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ISBN-13 : 1580462812
ISBN-10 : 9781580462815
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Download or read book The Urban Roots of Democracy and Political Violence in Zimbabwe written by Timothy Scarnecchia and published by University Rochester Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author further proposes that this recourse to political violence, "top-down" nationalism, and the abandonment of urban democratic traditions are all hallmarks of a particular type of nationalism equally unsustainable in Zimbabwe then as it is now."--BOOK JACKET.


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