Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents IX
3. List of Tables. List of Figures X
4. Acknowledgements XI
5. A Note on Names and Units XIII
6. Abbreviations XV
7. ZIMBABWE XVI
8. Chapter One. Choice and African Politics 1
9. Chapter Two. Prelude to Independence: The Political Inheritance 13
10. Chapter Three. Conflict over Land: White Farmers and the Black Government 37
11. Chapter Four. Conflict over Land: Communal Farmers versus Squatters 63
12. Chapter Five. Societal Demands and Government Choices: Agricultural Producer Price Policy 82
13. Chapter Six. Zimbabwe's Policies towards Foreign Investment 110
14. Chapter Seven. State Power versus the Multinationals: Minerals Marketing Policy 142
15. Chapter Eight. Ethnic and Class Claims on Health Services 166
16. Chapter Nine. National Minimum Wage Policy 193
17. Chapter Ten. The Evolution of Politics in Zimbabwe since Independence 221
18. Chapter Eleven. Understanding State Autonomy and the Locus of Decision-making 243
19. Bibliography 262
20. Index 273