Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Acronyms -- List of Tables & Boxes -- Preface & Acknowledgements -- Part I -- 1. Colonialism, Nationalism & the National Question -- Introduction -- The Legacy of Settler Colonialism -- The Legacy of African Nationalism -- The Legacy of the Liberation Struggle -- The Nation-State Project and the National Question -- The Collapse of the Unitary Project and its Resuscitation: 1982-1987 -- Conclusion -- 2. The State & its Institutions -- Introduction -- The Nature of the Post-Colonial State -- Public Service -- Parliament -- The Judiciary -- The Executive -- Local State Authorities -- The Military-Security Complex and the State -- The Phenomenon of the Party-State -- Corruption -- Conclusion -- 3. Political Parties -- Introduction -- Background -- The Contemporary Context of Parties in Zimbabwe -- The History, Ideology and Platforms of Parties -- The Internal Functioning and Structure of Parties -- Party Funding -- Gender Equality -- Factionalism in Parties -- Factionalism in ZANU-PF and the MDC -- Inter-party Conflicts in 2000-2008 -- Intra-Party Conflicts in 2000-2008 -- Political Leadership -- Conclusion -- 4. Democracy, Constitutionalism & Participation -- Defining Democracy -- The Zimbabwe Debate on Democracy -- Democratisation -- Debate on Constitutional Reform -- The Electoral System -- Participation -- Conclusion -- Part II -- 5. Development Deferred -- Introduction -- The Economy at Independence -- Defining 'Development' and an 'Economic Strategy' -- Explaining Contradictions and Shortfalls in the 1980s -- Economic Adjustment and its Limits -- Stalled Agrarian and Industrial Transition -- The Collapse of the Social Contract in the late 1990s -- The Depth of the Economic Crisis, 1998-2008 -- Quasi-fiscal Activities -- The Rise of a Parallel Economy and Informalisation.

The Debt Burden -- Conclusion -- 6. Land Reform & its Aftermath -- Introduction -- The Land Question and the First Phase of Reform -- Assessing the First Phase of Land Reform -- Jambanja and the Limits of Redistribution -- Decline in the Agrarian Sector -- The Situation of White Farmers -- The Situation of Farm Workers -- The Rise of the Black Landed Elite -- 7. State & Civil Society: A Changing Balance -- Introduction -- Defining 'Civil Society' and the 'Social Contract' -- Civil Society, State and Social Contract -- Civil Society: growth, orientation and challenges -- Civil Society, Democratisation and Development -- Links between CSOs and Parties -- State Strategies against CSOs -- The Quest for Justice, Restitution and Healing -- Conclusion -- 8. Society, Livelihoods & Migration -- Introduction -- Classes, Wealth and Poverty -- Education, Health and Epidemics -- Displacement and its Consequences -- Livelihoods and Pressures for Migration -- The Zimbabwe Diaspora, Remittances and Livelihoods -- Culture, Values and Ideas -- Ideas -- Conclusion -- 9. Punching above its Weight in Foreign Relations -- Introduction -- Zimbabwe's Foreign Policy and National Interests -- Foreign Relations and Interventions in Southern Africa -- Zimbabwe's Relations with South Africa and the Wider Continent -- Zimbabwe's Relations with Western Powers -- The 'Look East' Policy -- Conclusion -- Conclusion: Towards a Renewal -- The National Question, Uneven Development and Healing -- The Reconstruction of the State -- Political Parties and the Political System -- Constitutionalism and Democracy -- Towards Sustainable Development -- Towards Agrarian Recovery and Transition -- Civil Society, State and Social Contract -- Society, Migration and Livelihoods -- Foreign Policy and External Relations -- Select Bibliography -- Back cover.