Mozambique: destabilization, state, society and space

Sidaway, James D.

doi:10.1016/0962-6298(92)90028-r

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“…This project, however, was held off due to the start of the liberation struggle. Mozambican elites (so-called assimilados) opposed the segregation system and the Mozambican Liberation Front (FRELIMO), founded in 1962, led the struggle that progressively freed northern Mozambique (1964)(1965)(1966)(1967)(1968)(1969)(1970)(1971)(1972)(1973)(1974)(1975), where the presence of the empire state was marginal (Pitcher, 2006;Hall and Young, 1997;Simpson, 1993;Sidaway, 1992). In response to this threat, the colonial government prioritised the construction and protection of Cahora Bassa dam, located in the northern part of the country on the Zambezi River.…”

Section: The Production Of the Empire State-space: The Estado Novomentioning

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Space, state-building and the hydraulic mission: Crafting the Mozambican state

Rusca

Santos²,

Menga

et al. 2018

Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space

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This article explores the role of large-scale water infrastructure in the formation of states in sub-Saharan Africa. We examine this through a focus on government agents and their shifting hydrodevelopmental visions of the state in colonial and post-colonial Mozambique. Over time, the focus, underlying principles, and goals of the hydraulic mission shifted, triggered by contextual factors and historical developments within and outside the country. We identify the making of three hydraulic paradigms, fostering different imaginaries of 'the state' and social and spatial engineering of the territory: the 'Estado Novo' (1930-1974), the socialist post-independence state-space (1974-1987) and the neoliberal state (1987-present). We then conclude by discussing how the shifting discursive justifications for infrastructure projects consolidate different state projects and link these to material re-patterning of hydrosocial territories, showing that whilst promoted as a rupture with the past, emerging projects tend to reaffirm, rather than redistribute, power and water within the country.

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Section: The Production Of the Empire State-space: The Estado Novomentioning

confidence: 99%

Space, state-building and the hydraulic mission: Crafting the Mozambican state

Rusca

Santos²,

Menga

et al. 2018

Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space

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“…Different European countries 'developed' their colonies in contrasting ways, which had significant implications for the postindependence economic development of many states. Sidaway (1992) [20] notes the contrast between British imperialism, with its focus on development of infrastructure and indigenous production, with that of Portuguese colonialism. They note that the latter was largely based around commercial ransacking to serve the needs of the metropole.…”

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Colonial History and Geography have been the Main Determinants of Africa’s Poor Economic Growth: An Experience of Lost Decades (1980-2000)

Rai

2019

JGEESI

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Many states in Africa have experienced particularly painful growth trajectories and transitions to post-independence democracy. In particular many writers have noted the ‘lost decades’ for democratic consolidation and economic growth in Africa between 1980 and 2000. Current perceptions of Africa are framed by high levels of absolute poverty and low levels of life expectancy, and significant national debt burdens. Many countries have experienced extended periods of devastating political and military conflict, as well as unsuccessful attempts with Marxist- Leninist and free market economic policy, further exacerbating the painful nature of post-independence development. The development paths of many African countries have also been significantly conditioned by regional militarism as well as international geopolitical developments, furthering conflict and development trauma. This paper therefore seeks to identify some of the root causes of the poor economic growth that many post-independence African nations have experienced, specifically between 1980 to 2000. It argues that colonial (and neo-colonial) history and geography have played a significant role in Africa’s lagging growth rate and peripheral regional status in a hostile and competitive global economy.

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“…In my experience, a discourse has emerged within the political and health system transition characterised by opposing signifiers, pointing to the future, looking to the past. Indeed, a culture of contradictions remains an intrinsic feature of Mozambican politics ( Mackintosh & Wuyts, 1988 ; Saul, 1985 ; Sidaway, 1992 ), but what is power in such a situation? Today, an ideological hodgepodge surrounds the government.…”

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HIV scale-up in Mozambique: Exceptionalism, normalisation and global health

Høg

2014

Global Public Health

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The large-scale introduction of HIV and AIDS services in Mozambique from 2000 onwards occurred in the context of deep political commitment to sovereign nation-building and an important transition in the nation's health system. Simultaneously, the international community encountered a willing state partner that recognised the need to take action against the HIV epidemic. This article examines two critical policy shifts: sustained international funding and public health system integration (the move from parallel to integrated HIV services). The Mozambican government struggles to support its national health system against privatisation, NGO competition and internal brain drain. This is a sovereignty issue. However, the dominant discourse on self-determination shows a contradictory twist: it is part of the political rhetoric to keep the sovereignty discourse alive, while the real challenge is coordination, not partnerships. Nevertheless, we need more anthropological studies to understand the political implications of global health funding and governance. Other studies need to examine the consequences of public health system integration for the quality of access to health care.

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Mozambique: destabilization, state, society and space

Cited by 18 publications

References 36 publications

Space, state-building and the hydraulic mission: Crafting the Mozambican state

Space, state-building and the hydraulic mission: Crafting the Mozambican state

Colonial History and Geography have been the Main Determinants of Africa’s Poor Economic Growth: An Experience of Lost Decades (1980-2000)

HIV scale-up in Mozambique: Exceptionalism, normalisation and global health

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