Electoral Politics in Zimbabwe, Volume I: The 2023 Election and Beyond

ISBN-13: 9783031271397 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 390 str.

Esther Mavengano; Sophia Chirongoma

Opis

Volume one of Electoral Politics in Zimbabwe pays special attention to the overarching view that the 2023 harmonized elections define the fate of the major presidential contenders and their parties as well as (re) shaping the political and economic trajectories of the nation. Cognizant of the complex nature of the Zimbabwean political realm and nuanced dynamics at play, the chapters in this volume cover three interrelated themes: the electoral environment in Zimbabwean politics; language, politics, and elections in Zimbabwe; and lastly, electoral institutions and human rights in Zimbabwean politics. The chapters foreground the ongoing tensions and politicking between the two main rivals, the ruling party, ZANU PF and the main opposition party, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC). The contributors also highlight the impact of internal tensions and factionalism within the contending parties, the apparent voter apathy, disconcerting voices due to claims about lack of transparency and a toxic political space as factors impacting on the outcome of the 2023 presidential elections. The volume will appeal to academics and practitioners in politics, human rights, religion, gender, media, languages, linguistics, and development studies.

Spis treści

Volume one is divided into three sections:

Section A: Electoral environment in Zimbabwean politics

Section B: Language, politics and elections in Zimbabwe

Section C: Electoral institutions and human rights in Zimbabwean politics

 

Volume two is also divided into the following three sections:

Section A: Gender and electoral politics in Zimbabwe

Section B: Media and electoral politics in Zimbabwe

Section C: Electoral institutions and human rights in Zimbabwean politics

 

TOC of Volume I:

Introduction:  The Electoral terrain in  Zimbabwean politics Chirongoma Sophia and  Mavengano Esther

Section A:  The Electoral environment in Zimbabwean politics

2. Electoral bickering: Reforms, transparency and credibility of Zimbabwean election Marevesa Tobias

3. The Pre and Post-election conflicts in Zimbabwe: The way forward Dzavo Joseph

4. Cordoning off the debris of Electoral Violence and Generative Hegemony in Zimbabwean Politics: Spying on the 2023 Harmonised Elections. Mutingwende Andrew

5. The spectacles and vulgarity of power: The constructs of “varakashi” and state defenders in contemporary Zimbabwe’s electoral politics Mavengano Esther and Moyo Thamsanqa

6. Voting: bliss or blisters? The Zimbabwean experience 

Chindedza Winnet, Mlambo Farisai & Mhindu Admire

7. Shifting the Voting Burden to Others: Abstainers and Turn Outers in Zimbabwean Elections Mwonzora Gift

Section B:  Language, politics and elections in Zimbabwe

8. Trapped in limbo: Regimes of domination and a grammar of violence embodied in ‘we died for this country, so we will rule Zimbabwe forever.’ Mavengano Esther

9. Hate Speech within the Electoral Political Processes in Zimbabwe

Sande Nomatter and Maforo Byron 

10.Stoking the Flames of Hate language and Conflict ahead of Zimbabwe’s 2023 Polls Zinhumwe Tichaona

11. ChiShona language, a tool in winning political support during campaigning: A case of Buhera South in Zimbabwe. Viriri Maradze

12. The role of indigenous languages in influencing the rural electorate in Zimbabwe: The case of Matabeleland North Province Moyo Passmore

13. Political Poetic/ Theatric Campaigning Pieces in indigenous languages in Rural Communities: The Cases of Bikita and Ntabazinduna, Zimbabwe Taringa Beatrice

 14. The rhetoric of Onoma as tropes of memories and (il)legitimacy discourses: Names/ naming in Zimbabwe’s electoral politics

Mavengano Esther

15. The “New Old Dispensation”: A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Selected ZANU (PF) Leadership Speeches in Post-Mugabe Era and Implications on Zimbabwe`s Electoral Process Wasosa Wellington

Section C: Electoral institutions and human rights in Zimbabwean politics

16. The role of the judiciary in the Zimbabwean electoral process  

Chikwati Takunda

17. The role of the judiciary in mediating electoral disputes in Zimbabwe          Maunganidze Fabian  

18. The Role of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) in elections: Friend or Foe?  Bingisai Kudzai

19. Electoral laws, reforms, media  transparency and the credibility of elections in Zimbabwe Maunganidze Fabian  

20. Chamisa V Mnangagwa: Why most Election Petitions fail and the Judicialisation of Politics in Zimbabwe Maphosa  Nkosana and Chigumba Patience

21. Conclusion Mavengano Esther and Chirongoma

O autorze

Esther Mavengano is Lecturer in Linguistics and Literature in the Department of English and Media Studies, Faculty of Arts at Great Zimbabwe University in Masvingo, Zimbabwe. She is also a Research Fellow at the Research Institute for Theology and Religion, UNISA, South Africa, and Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute of English and American Studies, Technischen Universität Dresden, Germany.

Sophia Chirongoma is Senior Lecturer in the Religious Studies Department at Midlands State University, Zimbabwe. She is also Academic Associate/Research Fellow at the Research Institute for Theology and Religion (RITR) in the college of Human Sciences, University of South Africa (UNISA). 

Blurb

“This book is a seminal piece of academic work that provides a multi-disciplinary understanding of electoral politics in a post-colonial state in post Mugabe Zimbabwe. A brilliant piece of scholarship on electoral politics in Zimbabwe.”

— Pedzisai Ruhanya, University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe

 

"This volume, which focuses on management of elections, adjudication of electoral disputes, political language of hate, and lack of electoral reforms, is an eye-opener on the problematic and uneven electoral terrain in Zimbabwe. I have nothing but praise for the editors and contributors for this gift of scholarship on a subject of national and even international concern."

—Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Professor/Chair of Epistemologies of the Global South and Vice-Dean for Research of the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence, University of Bayreuth, Germany.

Volume one of Electoral Politics in Zimbabwe pays special attention to the overarching view that the 2023 harmonized elections define the fate of the major presidential contenders and their parties as well as (re)shaping the political and economic trajectories of the nation. Cognizant of the complex nature of the Zimbabwean political realm and nuanced dynamics at play, the chapters in this volume cover three interrelated themes: the electoral environment in Zimbabwean politics; language, politics, and elections in Zimbabwe; and lastly, electoral institutions and human rights in Zimbabwean politics. The chapters foreground the ongoing tensions and politicking between the two main rivals, the ruling party, ZANU PF and the main opposition party, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC). The contributors also highlight the impact of internal tensions and factionalism within the contending parties, the apparent voter apathy, disconcerting voices due to claims about lack of transparency and a toxic political space as factors impacting on the outcome of the 2023 presidential elections. The volume will appeal to academics and practitioners in politics, human rights, religion, gender, media, languages, linguistics, and development studies.

Esther Mavengano is Lecturer in Linguistics and Literature in the Department of English and Media Studies, Faculty of Arts at Great Zimbabwe University in Masvingo, Zimbabwe. She is also a Research Fellow at the Research Institute for Theology and Religion, UNISA, South Africa, and Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute of English and American Studies, Technischen Universität Dresden, Germany.

Sophia Chirongoma is Senior Lecturer in the Religious Studies Department at Midlands State University, Zimbabwe. She is also Academic Associate/Research Fellow at the Research Institute for Theology and Religion (RITR) in the college of Human Sciences, University of South Africa (UNISA). Her research interests and publications focus on the interface between culture, ecology, religion, health, politics, and gender justice.