Essays about: "Robert Mugabe"

Found 4 essays containing the words Robert Mugabe.

  1. 1. Former President of a Former Colony : How The Guardian reported on the final events leading to Robert Mugabe’s resignation

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation

    Author : Henric Lindholm; [2018]
    Keywords : ideology; post-colonialism; orientalism; Zimbabwe; Robert Mugabe; journalism; the Guardian;

    Abstract : During the month of November 2017, the President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe was taken into custody by Zimbabwe’s military. This was a move in order to shift the governmental power after which Mugabe after almost 40 years as President of Zimbabwe resigned from his post. READ MORE

  3. 2. How to Create a Leader : A critical discourse analysis on how international actors describes Robert Mugabe

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Ludvig Sjöblom; [2017]
    Keywords : Robert Mugabe; Discourse; Power; China; United Kingdom; South Africa;

    Abstract : To learn how international actors use their discourse as a power tool in an international debate can it help us to understand how they use it to gain leverage and influence the international debate. The international debate this thesis will focus on is the debate around Zimbabwe’s president Robert Mugabe, a heavily debated leader. READ MORE

  4. 3. Clinging to Power-The Initiation, Reproduction and Maintenance of Neopatrimonial Rule in Zimbabwe

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Kristian Olsson Selerud; [2008]
    Keywords : Zimbabwe; Neopatrimonialism; Path dependency; power; legitimacy; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : As is common in African states, the former liberation movement, ZANU (PF) still retains power in Zimbabwe. This essay analyses how Robert Mugabe and his party has managed to remain in power despite an economic and political crisis. READ MORE

  5. 4. Reasons for Rejection - Explaining the Outcome of the 2000 Constitutional Referendum in Zimbabwe

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Olof Holmgren; Kristian Olsson Selerud; [2005]
    Keywords : Zimbabwe; referendum; constitution; actor-structure approach; Robert Mugabe; executive presidency; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In this thesis we attempt to explain the outcome of the 2000 referendum in Zimbabwe, where the electorate rejected a new constitution. The puzzling problem is that the people of Zimbabwe said NO to what many observers considered a constitution superior to the already existing. READ MORE