The state, planning and labour : towards transforming the colonial labour process in Zimbabwe

The transition to socialism involves a number of interrelated and often contradictory processes: on the one hand, the need to transform colonial structures, while on the other hand, because of the necessity to avoid economic collapse, productive forces must be preserved. The Zimbabwean experience shows that the emphasis on preserving producive forces can provide a convenient platform for those forces in society which have little interest in fundamental change. (DSE)