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Title   Zimbabwe's presidential elections 2002: evidence, lessons and implications
Author Melber, Henning (ed.)
Edition PDF ed.
Published Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
Year 2002-04-01
Pages 88
Serial Discussion paper; 14
Abstract The Presidential Elections that took place from March 9 to 11, 2002 in Zimbabwe provoked enormous internal and international controversies. The impact of the politically contested continued presidency of Robert Mugabe, head of state and leader of the government under ZANU-PF since Zimbabwe's Independence in 1980, for the country, the region and the continent might be far reaching. The consequences are not yet fully apparent, but the current debates also centre around the case of Zimbabwe as a litmus test for the notion of "good governance" and democracy as perceived and acknowledged by other African leaders especially in the context of the "New Partnership for Africa's Development" (NEPAD). The contributions to this Discussion Paper offer critical and political comments from scholars mainly in or from the Southern African region, who have been closely involved with regional and Zimbabwean issues: Kenneth Good, Amin Y.Kamete, Stefan Mair, Henning Melber, Patrick Molutsi, Tandeka C. Nkiwane, Brian Raftopoulos, and Ian Taylor.

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