DEMOCRACY, CLASS AND GENDER IN LAND REFORM: A ZIMBABWEAN EXAMPLE?

Abstract

In Zimbabwe, a curious set of events has occurred since early 2000. Land reform, usually taken to be in defence of rural democracy, is being employed by a government determined to remain in power and veering increasingly toward violent authoritarianism.

Citation

Jacobs, S. (2003), "DEMOCRACY, CLASS AND GENDER IN LAND REFORM: A ZIMBABWEAN EXAMPLE?", Bell, M.M. and Hendricks, F. (Ed.) Walking Towards Justice: Democratization in Rural Life (Research in Rural Sociology and Development, Vol. 9), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 203-228. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1057-1922(03)09012-7