Rethinking African Politics: A History of Opposition in Zambia

Rethinking African Politics: A History of Opposition in Zambia
ISBN-10
140943494X
ISBN-13
9781409434948
Category
History
Pages
340
Language
English
Published
2011
Publisher
Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Author
Miles Larmer

Description

This study examines the nature of government and political opposition in Zambia, in the years immediately following its independence in 1964. It shows how Kenneth Kaunda's United National Independence Party's (UNIP) grip on the new nation-state was, in contrast to official rhetoric, partial, uneven and consistently prone to challenge. Drawing on extensive archival research and interviews, Larmer offers a ground-breaking analysis of post-colonial political history which helps explain the challenges facing contemporary African polities.

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