Mozambique and the construction of the new African state
Subtitle: from negotiations to nation building
By: Chris Alden.
Publisher: Palgrave
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 166
Subjects: Violence -- Mozambique -- History -- 20th century.; Socialism -- Mozambique -- History -- 20th century.; Mozambique -- Politics and government -- 1975-1994.; Mozambique -- Politics and government -- 1994-; Mozambique -- History -- Independence and Civil War, 1975-1994 -- Influence.; Mozambique -- Economic conditions -- 1975-; Mozambique -- Social conditions -- 1975-
Description: "Mozambique and the Construction of the New African State is an original study of the internationally inspired effort to rebuild this war-torn African country. The imposition of the international community's vision of a market economy twinned with electoral democracy on Mozambique's deeply divided society has been both lauded as a success and castigated as a failure.

The book examines Mozambique's negotiated peace process, the tentative steps towards pluralism, its unprecedented economic growth and rising criminality in society in relation to this new international regime for Africa. At the heart of the book is the question of the sustainability of the post-conflict African state given the multiple legacies of war, socialism and foreign intervention.

With external intervention a feature of post-conflict states across the continent, this study holds wider implications for analysts of a host of countries emerging from ruinous wars and shattered economies."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-162) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1 Colonialism, Socialism and War: the Making of; title: Mozambique; title: From colonialism to independence; title: The socialist experiment, 1975-84; title: Taking the capitalist road, 1984-90; title: 2 Paving the Road to Rome: from Negotiations to Peace; title: Settlement, 1988-92; title: The elements of negotiation; title: Negotiating an end to the conflict; title: Conclusion; title: 3 The International Interlude, 1992-94; title: The United Nations; title: ONUMOZ and the implementation of the General Peace; title: Agreement; title: Conclusion; title: 4 Rebuilding Leviathan, 1994-99; title: Political reconstruction; title: Economic reconstruction; title: Agents for change: the role of international financial; title: institutions and international NGOs; title: Conclusion; title: 5 A Constructed State; title: The changing international agenda and the new African; title: state; title: Conflict resolution; title: Political re-legitimization; title: Economic restructuring; title: Mozambique and the vagaries of an incomplete; title: construction; title: Notes; title: Bibliography; title: Index.