John L. Moore taught in Zimbabwe during the early 1990s as an Australian Volunteer Abroad and has returned several times since as a researcher in development studies from the School of Social Science and Planning at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.

• Introduction Making Sense of the Chaos 1. Rhodesian Political Economy, 1890–1962 2. The Skewed Fortune of the UDI Economy 3. The African Experience of SAPs and the Global Debate 4. The Demise of a Macroeconomic Compromise 5. Maize and Cotton: National Performance under the SAP and the Plight of Shiri Household at Muzvezve Resettlement 6. Exposure, Defence and Fate: The Case of Shumba and Mukanya 7. The National Poverty Struggle, the SAP and the Tribulations of Chiti and the Chitungwiza Blind 8. Zimbabwe Ruptures under the SAP 9. Conclusion