{"product_id":"9783032340993","title":"Between a Rock and a Hard Place President Samia Suluhu Hassan and Post-Magufuli Politics in Tanzania, 2021-2025","description":"\u003ch1\u003eBetween a Rock and a Hard Place\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003ePresident Samia Suluhu Hassan and Post-Magufuli Politics in Tanzania, 2021-2025\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFesto Mkenda, SJ\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolitical Science \/ World \/ African\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: #494949;\"\u003eThe book evaluates the performance of Tanzania’s first female president, Samia Suluhu Hassan, from her assumption of office in March 2021 to the calamitous general election in October 2025 when security officers gunned down hundreds of unarmed demonstrators. It shows her policies as they oscillated between those of her two predecessors, the diplomatically sly Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete and the more authoritarian John Pombe Magufuli. The analysis relies on current affairs in Tanzania as they were reported locally and discussed vibrantly through social media and other online forums during Samia’s first term of office. Emerging from that analysis is a detailed assessment of the latest stage of Tanzania’s decades long experiment in multiparty democracy as can be viewed from the perspective of the country’s citizens. As such, the book taps into the Tanzanian grassroots to contribute to a broader academic discussion and effectively bridges free non-professional debates with mainstream scholarship.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFesto Mkenda, SJ,\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Tanzanian historian trained at SOAS (London) and at the University of Oxford. His research focuses on politics and religion in Africa. He has taught at Hekima University College in Nairobi (Kenya), Xavier University in Cincinnati (USA), and the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome (Italy).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10 January 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Nature Switzerland\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783032340993\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51223537287308,"sku":"9783032340993","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783032340993.jpg?v=1783076029","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783032340993","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}