CASE / 2001–2008
Patriotic Front opposition under Michael Sata, 2001–2008
The Patriotic Front as an opposition party, centered on the 2006 Zambian election and immediate aftermath; not its government after 2011.
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Boundary: The Patriotic Front as an opposition party, centered on the 2006 Zambian election and immediate aftermath; not its government after 2011.
Why this case: The case tests a strategy definition outside Europe and the Americas while separating opposition mobilization from later government performance.
Patriotic Front opposition under Michael Sata, 2001–2008 2001–2008
The Patriotic Front as an opposition party, centered on the 2006 Zambian election and immediate aftermath; not its government after 2011.
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classification
Resnick classifies Michael Sata's 2006 campaign as a populist strategy that combined anti-elite appeals to urban poor voters with other appeals intended to build a wider electoral coalition.
observation
Resnick reports that Sata linked incumbent elites and Chinese investors to poor labor conditions and exclusion during the 2006 campaign.