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This study examines the international behavior of liberation movements and the state structures which they confront both prior to and during an armed struggle, and the subsequent impact which these often conflicting patterns of international interaction have upon foreign policies of liberation movements after they form governments. The data presented is drawn from a case study of Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia), which argues that the central dynamic in the relationship between the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) - the leading liberation movement in Rhodesia and the current ruling party - and the Rhodesian state structures, focused upon the issue of competing claims to sovereignty

Like many analyses of African politics, much of the criticism of Laurent Kabila, president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC, formerly Zaire), examines his personal use of power. His policies as president reflect his track record as a "leader"—some would say a warlord—in the eastern part of the country who based his activities on smuggling and an occasional kidnapping. His policies as president include banning political activities, banishing prominent opposition leaders—such as Etienne Tshisekedi, who led the fight against Mobutu longer than anyone else—and detaining journalists who criticize his government. Focusing on the individual leader leads to the conclusion, among many who favor a more just DRC, that they should try to tie Kabila's hands and preclude him from proceeding down a path remarkably similar to Mobutu's.

Die Beziehungen zwischen Staatsbürokratie, Partei ('Zimbabwe African National Union') und Kleinbauernschaft sind geprägt durch widersprüchliche Interessen und unterschiedliche historische Erfahrungen. Daraus erwachsen Reibungsverluste - so stehen z.B. die Kleinbauern den Staatsbürokraten sehr skeptisch gegenüber -, die den Prozeß der sozialistischen Umgestaltung durch die ZANU bremsen. (DÜI-Spe)