Rethinking African politics
Subtitle: a history of opposition in Zambia
By: Miles Larmer
Series: Empires and the making of the modern world, 1650-2000; Empires and the making of the modern world, 1650-2000
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Farnham, Surrey, UK; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 321
ISBN-13: 9781409406273; 9781409434948
Subjects: Politics and government; United Progressive Party (Zambia); Political parties; United National Independence Party (Zambia); Opposition (Political science)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Becoming Zambia; title: UNIP and the transition to independence in northern Rhodesia, 1952-1964; title: The United Progressive Party: towards a one-party state, 1964-1973; title: Disunity under the one-party state, 1973-1979; title: The Mushala rebellion; title: Intellectual elites and the 1980 coup attempt; title: "We have to think for other people": Zambia and South Africa; title: Nationalism and social movements; title: Epilogue: after UNIP: political change and continuity in Zambia's third republic, 1991-2010; title: Conclusion: towards a history of post-colonial politics in Africa.