Zambia: Between Two Worlds

by Marcia Burdette

Overview

This accessible case study offers a fully rounded picture of Zambia's course since independence, chronicling the periods of boom and decline after the fall in the price of copper around the mid-1970s. The author advocates an internally oriented economic strategy to retain industries and livelihoods and investigates the ability of the current leadership to achieve this.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367216719
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/30/2022
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Marcia M. Burdette

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations and Tables xi

Preface xiii

1 Introduction 1

2 The Historical Context 5

Geography 5

Human Settlement and Precolonial History 6

European Penetration and Domination 11

Toward Independence 27

Conclusion 32

3 Society and Culture 34

Village to Town 35

Cultural and Social Transformation 37

Urban Geography 52

Transformation of the Extended Family 55

The Role of Women 56

Religion and Traditional Medicine 59

Conclusion 62

4 The Political Economy of the First Republic, 1964-1972 64

Restructuring the Political System 65

Presidentialism 75

Humanism and Socialism 77

Restructuring the Economy 78

The Changing Social Bases of Society 92

Conclusion 94

5 The Political Economy in Decline, 1973-1985 95

1973 to Early 1975: The Downturn Begins 96

Politics in a One-Party State 104

Mid-1975 to 1980: The Mines Falter 110

Intraclass Struggles, Corruption, and the Atrophy of UNIP 114

From 1981 Through 1985: The Crisis Deepens 117

Zambia's Waltz with International Lenders 122

Sources and Signs of Opposition 127

Conclusion 131

6 Zambian Foreign Policy 133

Regional Geopolitics 133

Zambia's Predicament and Policies, 1964 to Mid-1975 134

Regional Foreign Policy, Late 1975 Through 1985 139

Zambia and South Africa 143

Zambia, the Frontline States, SADCC, and the PTA 145

Zambia in Third World Affairs 149

Zambia and the Superpowers: Nonalignment 155

Conclusion 159

7 Zambia's Future, Zambia's Choices 160

Appendix A Glossary 171

Appendix B Abbreviations and Acronyms 172

Notes 174

Selected Bibliography 191

Index 197