(masters degree thesis) Land Reform In Post-Independence Zimbabwe: A Case Of Britain's Neo-Colonial Intrancigence?
LAND REFORM IN POST-INDEPENDENCE ZIMBABWE: A CASE OF BRITAIN'SNEO-COLONIAL INTRANCIGENCE?
Creed Mushimbo
A Thesis
Submitted to the Graduate College of Bowling Green
State University in partial fulfillment of
the requirements for the degree of
MASTER OF ARTS
December 2005
Committee:
Douglas J. Forsyth, Advisor
Neal Jesse
© 2005
Creed Mushimbo
All Rights Reserved
ABSTRACT
Douglas J. Forsyth, Advisor
The purpose of this thesis was to conduct an in-depth investigation, analysis, and interpretation of Britain’s land policy in Rhodesia/Zimbabwe and its implications from 1890 to 2003. It assessed the extent to which the British government up-held its obligations to the 1979 Lancaster House Agreement on the question of land redistribution, and outlined the evolution of Britain’s policy over time; considering its aims, implementation, and outcomes. This study showed how the policies pursued by Britain impacted the land reform program in Zimbabwe.
It argued that the policies pursued and advocated by Britain, i.e. economic liberalization, respect for “property rights” and the rule of law, did not promote, and neither did they result in a fair distribution of land. Economic liberalization prioritized the interests of the rich landed classes of the colonial era, as well as those of other emerging social and political elites. Thus, Britain’s land policy in post-independence Zimbabwe led to the development of a politically and economically unstable neo-colonial state.
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Labels: LAND REFORM, ZIMBABWE
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