Class Struggles In Tanzania

Monograph on politics and social class in Tanzania - discusses the marxist political theory of class struggle and its application to developing countries, particularly in a context of underdevelopment and dependent economic relations (role of developed countries), and covers bureaucracy and the impact of international capitalism, etc. References.

Neoliberal policies promised to correct multiple distortions in postcolonial Africa. But democratic politics, land reform, rights and freedom all suffered. Shivji calls for Africa-centred thinking that embraces the continent's right to self-determination.

Study commenting on the evolution of labour legislation and the working class of Tanzania from 1920 to 1964 - describes the historical background; examines legal aspects of working conditions, strikes and labour disputes, trade union rights, child labour, etc., and the development of wages-work and trade unionism; includes case studies, judicial decisions and a glossary. Diagram, map, references, statistical tables.