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## Abstract This chapter explores the political economy of four southern African nations to understand whether specific features of their constitutions might explain the conditions for achieving the goals of democracy and economic development set out in their constitutions. Asking what might be required to fulfil the promise of post-colonial constitutionalism in southern Africa, the chapter engages in a comparative analysis of the historical conditions shaping the constitutional political economy of each of the four case studies: Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. Considering the salient features of these nations’ constitutions identified by theories of constitutional political economy, from their electoral systems to their forms of government, the chapter focuses on the constitutional status of property and the history of land reform in each of the cases. Thus, while conducting a general comparative analysis of the relationship between the economic constitution and governance in southern Africa, this chapter places specific emphasis on the significance of property rights and tenure relations to constitutionalism in the region.

Author

Heinz Klug

Publisher

Oxford University PressOxford

Published

2022

Language

EN

ISBN

9780192886439

Subjects

Law