The History and Political Transition of Zimbabwe

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.

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.