Tenuous belonging : citizenship and democracy in Mozambique

dc.contributor.authorSumich, Jason M.
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-23T12:50:49Z
dc.date.available2014-06-23T12:50:49Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractThis 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.librarianhb2014en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNorwegian Research Council (NCR Project No. 222825/F10).en_US
dc.description.urihttp://journals.berghahnbooks.comen_US
dc.identifier.citationSumich, JM 2013, 'Tenuous belonging : citizenship and democracy in Mozambique', Social Analysis, vol. 57, no. 2, pp. 99-116.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0155-977X (print)
dc.identifier.issn1558-5727 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.3167/sa.2013.570206
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/40328
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBerghahn Booksen_US
dc.rights© Berghahn Journalsen_US
dc.subjectBelongingen_US
dc.subjectCitizenshipen_US
dc.subjectFrelimoen_US
dc.subjectInequalityen_US
dc.subjectLiberal democracyen_US
dc.subjectMinoritiesen_US
dc.subjectMozambiqueen_US
dc.subjectSocialismen_US
dc.titleTenuous belonging : citizenship and democracy in Mozambiqueen_US
dc.typePostprint Articleen_US

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