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The Regional dimensions of Zimbabwes multi-layered crisis: an Analysis
By

Alois Mlambo & Brian Raftopoulos

Election processes, Liberation movements and Democratic alter in Africa
Conference
Maputo 8-11 April 2010
CMI and IESE

Introduction
Zimbabwe has been in the throes of a severe crisis in the past decade or so; one which has seen a once vibrant and dynamic society and economy around collapsing as political instability, lawlessness, misgovernment and a relentless frugal melt down transformed this erstwhile leading southerly African nation into an international pariah and the proverbial handbasket case. Although popularly referred to as the Zimbabwean crisis, what has been occurring in the country since the call on of the new millennium is a complex and inter-related multi-layered and pervasive mischance that can, perhaps, best be described as a series of Zimbabwean crises, for no aspect of Zimbabwean existence fly the deleterious personal effects of this phenomenon. The crisis has been evident in the countrys economic and socio-political life and the veto ripple effects that emanated from a progressively dysfunctional state.





While those directly and most naughtily affected have been Zimbabwean citizens who have endured the worst effects of the countrys decline into collapse, the Zimbabwean crisis has had widespread negative regional repercussions. This has gradually led to the realization by Zimbabwes neighbours, through the Southern African Development Community (SADC) regional organisation, that they had to assist in resolving the crisis for the good of the region as a whole. In the light of the above, this paper seeks to examine the personality and manifestations of the Zimbabwean crisis, its origins, development and impact, regional implications of the crisis and the various initiatives by Zimbabwes neighbours to resolve the countrys crises. It ends with an attempt to locate the Zimbabwean experience in the evolving debates on political...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay



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