Studies of revolution generally regard peasant popular support as a prerequisite for success. In this study of political mobilization and organization in Zimbabwe's recent rural-based war of independence, Norma Kriger is interested in the extent to which ZANU guerrillas were able to mobilize peasant support, the reasons why peasants participated, and in the links between the post-war outcomes for peasants and the mobilization process. Hers is an unusual study of revolution in that she interviews peasants and other participants about their experiences, and she is able to produce fresh insights into village politics during a revolution. In particular, Zimbabwean peasant accounts direct our attention to the ZANU guerrillas' ultimate political victory despite the lack of peasant popular support, and to the importance that peasants attached to gender, generational and other struggles with one another. Her findings raise questions about theories of revolution.
| ISBN: | 9780521070676 |
| Publication date: | 31st July 2008 |
| Author: | Norma J The Johns Hopkins University Kriger |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 316 pages |
| Series: | African Studies |
| Genres: |
African history Political economy |
Studies of revolution generally regard peasant popular support as a prerequisite for success. In this study of political mobilization and organization in Zimbabwe's recent rural-based war of independence, Norma Kriger is interested in the extent to which ZANU guerrillas were able to mobilize peasant support, the reasons why peasants participated, and in the links between the post-war outcomes for peasants and the mobilization process. Hers is an unusual study of revolution in that she interviews peasants and other participants about their experiences, and she is able to produce fresh insights into village politics during a revolution. In particular, Zimbabwean peasant accounts direct our attention to the ZANU guerrillas' ultimate political victory despite the lack of peasant popular support, and to the importance that peasants attached to gender, generational and other struggles with one another. Her findings raise questions about theories of revolution.
Zimbabwe's Guerrilla War features in the following genres: African history, Political economy
Zimbabwe's Guerrilla War is available in Paperback
Zimbabwe's Guerrilla War was written by Norma J The Johns Hopkins University Kriger and published by Cambridge University Press
Zimbabwe's Guerrilla War has 316 pages
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