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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
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Acronyms and Map of Zimbabwe
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Introduction, objectives, methodology and political context of the December 2010 FHSA survey
1.1 Introduction and objectives
1.2 Methodology
1.3 Political context of the survey – during and subsequent to fieldwork
1.4 Report structure
Power, power shifts and performance of the Inclusive Government
2.1 Power-sharing – main trends
2.2 Assessments of power-sharing in the Inclusive Government
Centres of power and shifting power in the IG
Parties benefitting from involvement in the IG
2.3 Performance of the Inclusive Government
2.4 Trust in prevailing state and political institutions
2.5 Zimbabwe’s general direction – and country versus personal economic conditions
The politics of violence and fear in Zimbabwe
3.1 Zimbabwean politics, violence and fear – main trends
3.2 Histories of Zimbabweans’ exposure to violence and intimidation
3.3 Experiences of violence and intimidation in contemporary Zimbabwe
Community-anchored experiences of reasons and responsibility for violence
Constitution-making and constitutional expectations
1.1 Expectations of the new constitution – main trends
4.2 Realism, moderation and high stakes in getting a new constitution
High stakes in getting a new constitution
Perspectives on the preceding constitution
4.3 The 2010-11 constitutional outreach process
4.4 The ‘story’ of experiences of the COPAC process
News of the COPAC outreach meetings
Voices in the COPAC meetings
Time, timing for discussions and participants’ preparation for COPAC discussions
Violence in the COPAC process
Issues that COPAC dealt with
4.5 Constitutional content – trends and specifics of institutions
Party support and declaring vote intention
5.1 Main party support trends – declared support
5.2 Growing trend of non-declaration of party support
5.3 Select parallel indicators of core party support
Trust in political institutions and parties
Issues of party political polarisation
5.4 Membership of political parties
Elections – expectations, experiences and electoral violence-fear-coercion
6.1 Expectations of elections – main trends
6.2 Order and timing of constitution-making and elections
6.3 Memories of the 2008 elections
6.4 Expectations of ‘free and fair’ future elections
Roles for SADC
6.5 Violence and elections – main trends
6.6 Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) and readiness
6.7 Voter registration
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