Student activism in a time of crisis - Zimbabwe 2000-2010 : a tentative exploration

dc.contributor.authorMlambo, Alois S.
dc.contributor.emailaloismlambo@up.ac.zaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-10-28T06:59:46Z
dc.date.available2014-03-31T00:20:06Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractThe article examines student activism in Zimbabwe between 2000 and 2010 to investigate how Zimbabwe's economic meltdown and political challenges influenced the nature and forms of student responses. While conceding that student activism was not as well-coordinated and as unified as it had been in earlier periods of Zimbabwean history, it argues that student activism, nevertheless, continued despite relentless efforts by state agencies to violently stifle student protests and also in spite of the debilitating economic problems confronting the students. It is argued that the lack of unity among students can be explained in part by the lack of consensus among students regarding the challenges facing them and how to resolve them. It can also be seen as a result of the fact that students belonged to different and, sometimes, antagonistic political parties resulting in a fractured student movement that could not speak with one voice. Finally, the article contends that despite facing serious economic hardships, which partly fuelled their discontent, students did not focus only on economic grievances but married these to wider socio-political issues and regarded their struggles as part and parcel of the national fight for good governance and democracy.en_US
dc.description.librarianam2013en_US
dc.description.librariancp2013en
dc.description.sponsorshipThe author wishes to acknowledge the Leverhulme Trust for funding the Comparative History of Political Engagement in Western and African Societies project of the Universities of Sheffield.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_contemp.htmlen_US
dc.identifier.citationMlambo, AS 2013, 'Student activism in a time of crisis - Zimbabwe 2000-2010 : a tentative exploration', Journal for Contemporary History / Tydskrif vir Eietydse Geskiedenis, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 184-204.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0285-2422
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/32162
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherDepartment of History, University of the Free Stateen_US
dc.rightsDepartment of History, University of the Free Stateen_US
dc.subjectActivismen_US
dc.subjectCrisisen_US
dc.subjectDemocracyen_US
dc.subjectHuman rightsen_US
dc.subjectEducationen_US
dc.subjectGovernanceen_US
dc.subjectAktivismeen_US
dc.subjectKrisisen_US
dc.subjectDemokrasieen_US
dc.subjectMenseregteen_US
dc.subjectOnderrigen_US
dc.subjectRegeringen_US
dc.subject.lcshStudent movements -- Zimbabween
dc.subject.lcshHuman rightsen
dc.titleStudent activism in a time of crisis - Zimbabwe 2000-2010 : a tentative explorationen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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