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Popular Reactions to State Repression / Michaël Bratton in African Affairs, Vol. 106/422 (2007)
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Titre : Popular Reactions to State Repression : Operation Murambatsvina in Zimbabwe Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Michaël Bratton, Auteur ; Eldred Masunungure, Auteur Année de publication : 2007 Article en page(s) : pp. 21-45. Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Repression Réaction Population Résumé : In May 2005, the government of Zimbabwe launched Operation Murambatsvina (OM), a state-sponsored campaign to stifle independent economic and political activity in the country’s urban areas. This article employs a national probability sample survey to analyse the popular reactions of ordinary Zimbabweans to this landmark event. It shows that the application of state repression succeeds at some goals, fails at others, and has powerful unintended effects. We report that the scope of OM was wide and that the main victims of OM were younger, unemployed families whom state security agents saw as potential recruits for social unrest. Whereas OM undoubtedly disrupted the informal economy, we show that it did not succeed in banishing urban dwellers to rural areas or permanently shutting down illicit trade. Moreover, the crackdown thoroughly discredited the police and other state institutions. We also demonstrate that state repression emboldened its victims, deepening polarisation between political parties and fortifying the ranks of Zimbabwe’s opposition movement.
in African Affairs > Vol. 106/422 (2007) . - pp. 21-45.[article] Popular Reactions to State Repression : Operation Murambatsvina in Zimbabwe [texte imprimé] / Michaël Bratton, Auteur ; Eldred Masunungure, Auteur . - 2007 . - pp. 21-45.
Langues : Anglais (eng)
in African Affairs > Vol. 106/422 (2007) . - pp. 21-45.
Mots-clés : Repression Réaction Population Résumé : In May 2005, the government of Zimbabwe launched Operation Murambatsvina (OM), a state-sponsored campaign to stifle independent economic and political activity in the country’s urban areas. This article employs a national probability sample survey to analyse the popular reactions of ordinary Zimbabweans to this landmark event. It shows that the application of state repression succeeds at some goals, fails at others, and has powerful unintended effects. We report that the scope of OM was wide and that the main victims of OM were younger, unemployed families whom state security agents saw as potential recruits for social unrest. Whereas OM undoubtedly disrupted the informal economy, we show that it did not succeed in banishing urban dwellers to rural areas or permanently shutting down illicit trade. Moreover, the crackdown thoroughly discredited the police and other state institutions. We also demonstrate that state repression emboldened its victims, deepening polarisation between political parties and fortifying the ranks of Zimbabwe’s opposition movement.