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Zimbabwe: Issues and Perspectives on Fragility and Failure

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Development in Difficult Sociopolitical Contexts

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Zimbabwe in Crisis — this was the title of a book I came across recently as I was looking for reference materials for a new course I introduced into my academic teaching. This edited volume caught my attention not just because of its catchy title, but also because of how the Zimbabwe crisis debate was framed. My immediate reaction was, ‘Why Zimbabwe?’ At that point in time I was aware of a number of countries that are probably in more serious trouble than Zimbabwe, or at least equally so, and deserve equal attention and scrutiny.

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Makuwira, J. (2014). Zimbabwe: Issues and Perspectives on Fragility and Failure. In: Ware, A. (eds) Development in Difficult Sociopolitical Contexts. Rethinking International Development Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137347633_11

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