E. I.2.1.a.i. - Zambia

Bratton, Michael Economic Crisis and Political Realignment in Zambia, In Jennifer A. Widner, Economic Change and Political Liberalization in Sub-Saharan Africa, Baltimore MD, John Hopkins University Press, 1994 , pp. 320 , pp. 101-128

Rakner, Lise Trade Unions in Processes of Democratization: A Study of Party Labour Relations in Zambia, Bergen, Norway, Christian Michelsen Institute, CMI Report, 1992 , pp. 6

Examines role of labour in the transition to multi-party democracy in 1991, and concludes that the trade union movement has remained autonomous from the state (despite efforts to incorporate it) and that this is the key reason why the unions led the transition.

Websites recommended

Economic Crisis and Political Realignment in Zambia Baltimore MD John Hopkins University Press, 1994
Trade Unions in Processes of Democratization: A Study of Party Labour Relations in Zambia Bergen, Norway Christian Michelsen Institute, CMI Report, 1992

Examines role of labour in the transition to multi-party democracy in 1991, and concludes that the trade union movement has remained autonomous from the state (despite efforts to incorporate it) and that this is the key reason why the unions led the transition.