This paper analyses the dynamic relations between Zimbabwe's opposition MDC-T party, civic organisations and western governments during the country's 2008 power-sharing negotiations. Because of the high stakes of the negotiations, civic organisations and western governments tried to influence their historical ally, the MDC-T; they wanted the opposition party to ado...

This paper analyses the dynamic relations between Zimbabwe's opposition MDC-T party, civic organisations and western governments during the country's 2008 power-sharing negotiations. Because of the high stakes of the negotiations, civic organisations and western governments tried to influence their historical ally, the MDC-T; they wanted the opposition party to ado...