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ZANU-PF
1963– · Zimbabwe · Liberation Authoritarian · Held state power · coding confidence medium
Each axis runs from −10 to +10, with zero a genuine mixed or balanced position rather than an absence of opinion. A score describes a stated position and a governing record; it is not a judgement of merit. What each score means →
Core principles
Liberation-war legitimacy converted into permanent rule, land redistribution and sovereignty against Western pressure.
Economic model
Fast-track land seizure from 2000, state marketing boards, hyperinflation, indigenisation quotas on foreign firms.
Organisation of powers
Elections held and contested results suppressed; a 2017 military intervention replaced the leader without changing the party.
Reading note
One of several cases where a genuine liberation movement and a durable authoritarian party are the same organisation.
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EC · Economic organisation · scored −04
Coded −4: land seizure and indigenisation quotas alongside a dollarised private economy.
- Documented act or statuteThe fast-track land reform from 2000 transferred most large commercial farms; the 2008 indigenisation law required 51% local ownership.
CU · Social and cultural order · scored +07
Coded +7: liberation nationalism with restrictive social legislation.
- Documented act or statuteSame-sex relations remain criminalised and were denounced from the presidency for decades.
AU · Organisation of power · scored +08
Coded +8: elections held and results contested, with a military intervention in 2017.
- Documented act or statuteThe 2008 run-off was abandoned by the opposition after killings of its supporters; the 2017 transition was executed by the army.
SC · Scale of decision · scored +07
Coded +7: a centralised state with provincial administration by appointment.
- Documented act or statuteProvincial ministers are appointed by the president.
ID · Rule of membership · scored +07
Coded +7: the Gukurahundi campaign and later ethnic patronage.
- ScholarshipAn estimated 20,000 civilians were killed in Matabeleland between 1983 and 1987.
CH · Method and tempo · scored +03
Coded +3: a liberation war followed by four decades of electoral rule.
- Documented act or statuteIndependence was won by armed struggle concluded at Lancaster House in 1979.
Nearest organisations by measured distance
Straight-line separation across all six axes, out of a maximum of 49.0. Proximity means similarity of stated position, not endorsement and not resemblance in outcome.
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- PFDJ3.2
- Ethiopian Prosperity Party4.2
- Saied Presidentialism4.6
- Estado Novo Brasileiro4.8
- Jamahiriya4.8
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