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Governing the poor in Harare, Zimbabwe: shifting perceptions |
| Author |
Kamete, Amin Y. |
| Edition |
PDF ed. |
| Published |
Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet |
| Year |
2002-11-01 |
| Pages |
67 |
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Research report; No. 122. - (ISSN 1104-8425) |
| ISBN |
91-7106-503--2 |
| Abstract |
This is a study of the 'terrain of urban governance', using Harare as case study. It presents and discusses sets of perceptions of poverty and the poor (who in fact keep the city and its economy functioning) which influence policy development and decision making among urban 'governors'. The author shows the effects of positive as well as negative perceptions of the poor. He shows that the relationship between power and powerlessness among the poor is much more complex than is sometimes assumed. The urban poor in Harare - since the emergence of significant political opposition in Zimbabwe in the late 1990s - have become both an important and volatile instrument to be wooed and paid by populist politicians. At present - in their patterns of voting - they have been a mainstay of support for opposition to the ZANU-PF government at both local and central level.
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| Bestand |
kamete20021101.pdf (277 Kb) |
| Country |
Zimbabwe |
| Themes |
- Governments
- Political parties
- Society
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