Author : Jenny Kuhlmann
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783865837417
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (374 download)
Book Synopsis Transnational Diaspora Politics: Cross-Border Political Activities of Zimbabweans in the United Kingdom by : Jenny Kuhlmann
Download or read book Transnational Diaspora Politics: Cross-Border Political Activities of Zimbabweans in the United Kingdom written by Jenny Kuhlmann and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Largely in response to the unstable economic situation and a political climate characterised by a limited space for divergent opinions, democratic participation and political pluralism, an estimated one third of the Zimbabwean population has left the country since the early 2000s, mainly to neighbouring and Western countries. As the great majority of those outside their home country are of voting age, the growth of the diaspora is tantamount to an increase in the size of Zimbabwe's political community abroad. Denied external voting rights - and thus to participate in the most basic political decision-making process of their country - Zimbabweans abroad have searched for other, non-electoral ways of participation in the political life of their home country. The book investigates how and to what extent politically active Zimbabweans in Britain who voted with their feet or were forced out of the country by economic and/or political circumstances use the diasporic space to influence political processes in their home country from afar, and thus how they try to remain an active and recognised part of the domestic political community and development of their country of origin, even while outside the territorial borders of the Zimbabwean state.