Democracy, Governance and Legitimacy in Zimbabwe since the November 2017 Military Coup

This article focuses on the democracy and legitimacy debates in Zimbabwe after the ouster of Robert Mugabe from power by his erstwhile ally, Emmerson Mnangagwa, in November 2017. President Mnangagwa popularized the terms “Second Republic” and “New Dispensation” to show that his regime differed from...

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spelling openedition-oai:revues.org:cea_4559 https://doi.org/10.4000/cea.4559 urn:doi:10.4000/cea.4559 en https://journals.openedition.org/cea/4559 2020-03-09T01:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/dn7y https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Democracy, Governance and Legitimacy in Zimbabwe since the November 2017 Military Coup Cadernos de Estudos Africanos Centro de Estudos Internacionais info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2182-7400 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1645-3794 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/cea Rwodzi, Aaron governance multiparty legitimacy democracy elections resettlement eleições democracia governação restabelecimento legitimidade multipartidário This article focuses on the democracy and legitimacy debates in Zimbabwe after the ouster of Robert Mugabe from power by his erstwhile ally, Emmerson Mnangagwa, in November 2017. President Mnangagwa popularized the terms “Second Republic” and “New Dispensation” to show that his regime differed from Mugabe’s in terms of governance style. The position of this article is that Mnangagwa’s regime could not abandon the system established under the reign of Mugabe. Instead, it argues that the Second Republic reflects continuities of the Mugabe era being transposed into a quasi-military edifice whose commandist approaches denigrate cries for democracy and transparency. This qualitative research draws on data from interviews with political elites in the opposition and ruling parties as well as secondary sources. Este artigo centra-se nos debates sobre democracia e legitimidade no Zimbábue após a destituição de Robert Mugabe do poder pelo seu antigo aliado, Emmerson Mnangagwa, em novembro de 2017. O Presidente Mnangagwa popularizou os termos “Segunda República” e “Nova Dispensação” para mostrar que o seu regime era diferente do de Mugabe em termos de estilo de governação. A posição deste artigo é que o regime de Mnangagwa não podia abandonar o sistema estabelecido sob o reinado de Mugabe. Em vez disso, argumenta que a Segunda República reflete a continuidade da era Mugabe transposta para um edifício quase militar cujas abordagens “comandantes” denigrem os apelos à democracia e à transparência. Esta pesquisa qualitativa baseia-se em dados de entrevistas com elites políticas dos partidos na oposição e no poder, assim como em fontes secundárias.
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topic governance
multiparty
legitimacy
democracy
elections
resettlement
eleições
democracia
governação
restabelecimento
legitimidade
multipartidário
spellingShingle governance
multiparty
legitimacy
democracy
elections
resettlement
eleições
democracia
governação
restabelecimento
legitimidade
multipartidário
Rwodzi, Aaron
Democracy, Governance and Legitimacy in Zimbabwe since the November 2017 Military Coup
description This article focuses on the democracy and legitimacy debates in Zimbabwe after the ouster of Robert Mugabe from power by his erstwhile ally, Emmerson Mnangagwa, in November 2017. President Mnangagwa popularized the terms “Second Republic” and “New Dispensation” to show that his regime differed from Mugabe’s in terms of governance style. The position of this article is that Mnangagwa’s regime could not abandon the system established under the reign of Mugabe. Instead, it argues that the Second Republic reflects continuities of the Mugabe era being transposed into a quasi-military edifice whose commandist approaches denigrate cries for democracy and transparency. This qualitative research draws on data from interviews with political elites in the opposition and ruling parties as well as secondary sources.
author Rwodzi, Aaron
author_facet Rwodzi, Aaron
author_sort Rwodzi, Aaron
title Democracy, Governance and Legitimacy in Zimbabwe since the November 2017 Military Coup
title_short Democracy, Governance and Legitimacy in Zimbabwe since the November 2017 Military Coup
title_full Democracy, Governance and Legitimacy in Zimbabwe since the November 2017 Military Coup
title_fullStr Democracy, Governance and Legitimacy in Zimbabwe since the November 2017 Military Coup
title_full_unstemmed Democracy, Governance and Legitimacy in Zimbabwe since the November 2017 Military Coup
title_sort democracy, governance and legitimacy in zimbabwe since the november 2017 military coup
publisher Cadernos de Estudos Africanos
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