Confronting Leviathan: Mozambique Since Independence (Notes Series; 225) - Hardcover

Hall, Margaret; Young, Tom

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 082141190X ISBN 13: 9780821411902

Publisher: Ohio University Press, 1997

Synopsis

Confronting Leviathan describes Mozambique’s attempt to construct a socialist society in one African country on the back of an anti-colonial struggle for national independence. In explaining the failure of this effort the authors suggest reasons why the socialist vision of the ruling party, Frelimo, lacked resonance with Mozambican society. They also document in detail South Africa’s attempts to destabilize the country, even to the extent of sponsoring the Renamo insurgents. The dynamics of that insurgency and its roots in Mozambican society are examined as well as the process of negotiation that brought it to a close. Finally the authors analyze the more recent attempt to construct a liberal capitalist society in Mozambique. From their findings it appears that this may prove no easier than the construction of socialism.

About this title

About the Authors

Margaret Hall is in the Research and Analysis Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London.

Tom Young is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.

Edition details

• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 082141190X
• ISBN 13: 9780821411902
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272