1. Heal the Beloved Country: Zimbabwe’s Polarized Electorate
- Author:
- Michael Bratton and Eldred Masunungure
- Publication Date:
- 09-2018
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- Afrobarometer
- Abstract:
- For a moment, Zimbabwe’s July 30, 2018, elections seemed to promise relief from a traumatic political past. An aging autocrat had been deposed and his successor intoned pledges of “a new dispensation.” A dormant opposition movement began to reawaken to opportunities for open political campaigning. At home and abroad, Zimbabwe’s well-wishers allowed themselves a cautious hope that change was finally afoot. But change was not to be.
- Topic:
- Authoritarianism, Elections, Transparency, and Polarization
- Political Geography:
- Africa and Zimbabwe