History and Political Transition of Zimbabwe

Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni is Research Professor and Director of Scholarship in the Department of Leadership and Transformation (DLT) in the Principal and Vice-Chancellor's Office at the University of South Africa, and is also the 2019 Visiting Professor at the Johannesburg Institute of Advanced Study at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa.Pedzisai Ruhanya is a Postdoctoral Fellow with the University of Johannesburg's School of Communication, South Africa, and the director of the Zimbabwe Democracy Institute.

• 1. Introduction: From Robert Gabriel Mugabe to Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa: Repetition without Change or Second Republic?.- PART I: Colonialism, Nationalism and Political Culture.-  2. The Political Culture of Zimbabwe: Continuities and Discontinuities.- 3. The National Question in Zimbabwe.- 4. Opposition Politics and the Culture of Polarization in Zimbabwe, 1980-2018.- 5. Understanding Zimbabwe’s Political Culture: The Media and Civil Society.- PART 2: Identity, Militarization and Transitional Politics.- 6. The ‘Identity Politics’ Factor in Transition Politics in Zimbabwe.- 7. The Ethnicization of Political Mobilization in Zimbabwe: The Case of Pro-Mthwakazi Movements.- 8. The Militarization of State Institutions in Zimbabwe, 2002-2017.- PART 3: Social Media, Democracy and Political Discourse.- 9. The Media and Politics in the Context of the ‘Third Chimurenga’ in Zimbabwe.- 10. Social Media and the Concept of Dissidence in Zimbabwean Politics.- 11. The Tabloidization of Political News in Zimbabwe: End of Quality Press?.- Part IV.- Post-Mugabe Economy, Gender and Operation Restore Order.- 12. Primitive Accumulation and Mugabe’s Extroverted Economy: What Now Under the Second Republic.- 13. The Idea of a New Zimbabwe Post-Mugabe.- 14. Misogyny, Sexism and Hegemonic Masculinity in Zimbabwe’s Operation Restore Legacy.- 15. The Endeavour of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Post-Mugabe Era.