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dc.contributor.author | Sumich, Jason M. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-06-23T12:50:49Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-06-23T12:50:49Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
dc.description.abstract | This article examines changing ideas of who constitutes a ‘deserving’ and ‘full’ citizen in Mozambique, from independence in 1975 to the present. I argue that the leadership of the ruling Frelimo Party attempted to occupy a position above society where it could determine the practices and behaviors that made one a loyal citizen and, conversely, those that made one an ‘alien’ or enemy. The adoption of liberal democracy in 1990 undermined the party’s right to define what a ‘true’ or ‘good’ Mozambican is, but not the underlying structural grammar. Thus, the meaning of citizenship is increasingly a floating signifier. To be designated an ‘outsider’ is to be an enemy, but it is no longer clear who has the power to define who is a ‘true’ Mozambican and who is not. | en_US |
dc.description.librarian | hb2014 | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Norwegian Research Council (NCR Project No. 222825/F10). | en_US |
dc.description.uri | http://journals.berghahnbooks.com | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Sumich, JM 2013, 'Tenuous belonging : citizenship and democracy in Mozambique', Social Analysis, vol. 57, no. 2, pp. 99-116. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0155-977X (print) | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1558-5727 (online) | |
dc.identifier.other | 10.3167/sa.2013.570206 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/40328 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Berghahn Books | en_US |
dc.rights | © Berghahn Journals | en_US |
dc.subject | Belonging | en_US |
dc.subject | Citizenship | en_US |
dc.subject | Frelimo | en_US |
dc.subject | Inequality | en_US |
dc.subject | Liberal democracy | en_US |
dc.subject | Minorities | en_US |
dc.subject | Mozambique | en_US |
dc.subject | Socialism | en_US |
dc.title | Tenuous belonging : citizenship and democracy in Mozambique | en_US |
dc.type | Postprint Article | en_US |