‘Developmental nationalism?’ Political trust and the politics of large-scale land investment in Magufuli's Tanzania

Research on large-scale land investments (LSLIs) can provide valuable insights into the support for developmental nationalism in Tanzania today. ‘Developmental nationalism’ is ‘a creative variant of liberation’, which purports to make ‘Tanzania great again’. The nationalist turn late President Magufuli was grounded political ideology and selective history past that swept him power. However, there limited research how practice around contribute trust public institutions. This paper makes two key contributions scholarship economy LSLIs. First, we examine messy politics LSLIs, failures design implementation, rise local rural settings Tanzania. Second, using Latent Class Analysis (LCA), identify distinct groups individuals based their President, ruling party (CCM), Investment Centre (TIC) We define as ‘an evaluative orientation towards an institution or government, people's normative expectations’.