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Urban social movements in Mozambique. Political radicalism afer Azagaia’s death
Bussotti, LucaIn urban Mozambique, the violent protests of 2008 and 2010 were the last public demonstration against the Frelimo government. In the meantime, new social movements have formed since the death of rapper Azagaia on 9 March 2023. The new movement, “Povo no Poder” (People in Power), proposed a different, reticular vision and organisation, and linked up with some opposition party figures on the occasion of the local...
The decentralization process in Mozambique: between progress and setbacks
Bussotti, Luca; Abrão Baloi, JochuaThe decentralization process in Mozambique began in 1994 and ended with the approval of the last legislative package in 2018. It was carried out by Frelimo from a conservative perspective whose main purpose was to limit the granting of possible political space to the opposition, especially Renamo. It was only since 2012-2013 that Renamo saw decentralization, and even federalism, as an opportunity to win some si...
Mozambique: The role of elections in the “reverse transition” (2009-2019)
Bussotti, LucaThrough a documentary and bibliographical analysis, the text seeks to demonstrate how much the most recent electoral processes – particularly since the 2009 general elections – have influenced the so-called “reverse transition”, i.e. the democratic regression of a country like Mozambique. Thus, the electoral processes show the deterioration of the Mozambican democratic system, constituting the most obvious mirr...
A Cooperação Bilateral Brasil-Moçambique, com Enfoque Especial na Área da Defesa
Bussotti, Luca; Macamo, ErnestoEste artigo pretende compreender a evolução das relações bilaterais Brasil-Moçambique, sobretudo na área da defesa. As relações entre os dois países entraram numa fase nova com o advento de Lula e do lado moçambicano com a presidência de Guebuza. Tais relações se focalizaram em sectores tais como saúde e educação, mas na área da defesa houve também muitos avanços. A pesquisa, baseada numa metodologia qualitativ...
Políticas Agrícolas e Usurpação de Terras em Moçambique Independente. Resistênc...
Bussotti, LucaDepois de ter analisado a essência das políticas agrícolas adotadas em Moçambique desde a sua independência (1975), esta pesquisa trata de como novas formas de resistência por parte das comunidades rurais se desenvolveram a partir dos meados da década de 2000. Tais formas de resistência levaram frequentemente ao sucesso dos incipientes movimentos sociais rurais moçambicanos, inclusivamente graças à ação de asso...
Violent transformations in Africa: coup d'etat, civil wars and terrorism in the...
Bussotti, Luca; Barros, Miguel; Jacquinet, MarcAfrica is today the main geographical area of terrorism as well as of coups d’etat. Since 2010, about 40 coups d’etat have been carried out in Africa, in parallel with an evident regression of democracy. In 2022, according to the Report on Democracy Index elaborated by The Economist Intelligence Unit, more than 35% of all countries in the world were considered authoritarian regimes, and only 14.4% were full dem...
Moçambique: O papel das eleições na “transição inversa” (2009-2019)
Bussotti, LucaMediante uma análise documental e bibliográfica, o texto procura demonstrar quanto os processos eleitorais mais recentes – em particular a partir das eleições gerais de 2009 – influenciaram a aqui chamada de “transição inversa”, ou seja, a regressão democrática de um país como Moçambique. Assim, os processos eleitorais mostram a deterioração do sistema democrático moçambicano, constituindo o espelho mais eviden...
Processos de Marginalização Étnica e Cultural na África Pós-Colonial. O Caso do...
Bussotti, Luca; Nhaueleque, Laura AntónioApesar de a questão étnica nunca ter constituído um elemento explícito na construção do Estado moçambicano, esta sempre caracterizou a vida pública do país, com tensões relevantes, mas geralmente negligenciadas. Durante a luta de libertação, dois grupos étnicos aliaram-se, os “intelectuais” ronga e os “guerrilheiros” maconde, de facto excluindo os outros povos de Moçambique deste processo que irá marcar indelev...
A new paradigm for development?: the issue of human rights and democratic insti...
Jacquinet, Marc; Bussotti, LucaAfter the post-development literature that led away from growth and accumulation of capital, the last decades have not just shown the limits or frustrations of these views but also opened the door for new criticisms and new proposals for changing societies, and not just their economic structures. This debate has much in common with the one on economic and sustainability indicators. In the present paper we try t...
Indigenous knowledge systems and methods against ignorance: two case studies of...
Jacquinet, Marc; Nhaueleque, Laura; Bussotti, LucaIn the current debates on sustainable development, the methodological discussions of research techniques and traditions have recently opened the issue of indigenous research and methodologies on a wide and global scale. It is a welcome move, and much more remains to be done, especially outside of the realm of English-speaking countries. Therefore, the analysis extends research to new geographical areas and unde...