Tom Young

Tom Young is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.

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Confronting Leviathan

Mozambique Since Independence

Confronting Leviathan describes Mozambique’s attempt to construct a socialist society in one African country on the back of an anti-colonial struggle for national independence. In explaining the failure of this effort the authors suggest reasons why the socialist vision of the ruling party, Frelimo, lacked resonance with Mozambican society.…