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PublisherBerghahn Books, Incorporated

ISBN-101800736452

ISBN-139781800736450

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Number of Pages288 Pages

Publication NameRethinking and Unthinking Development : Perspectives on Inequality and Poverty in South Africa and Zimbabwe

LanguageEnglish

SubjectPolitical Economy, Developing & Emerging Countries

Publication Year2023

TypeTextbook

AuthorSabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni

Subject AreaPolitical Science, Social Science

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Dewey Edition23

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal338.968

Table Of ContentList of Abbreviations List of Tables and Figures Introduction: Rethinking and Unthinking Development in Africa Busani Mpofu and Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni PART I: THEORY, CONCEPTS AND DISCOURSE Chapter 1. Rethinking Development in the Age of Global Coloniality Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni Chapter 2. Rethinking and Reclaiming Development in Africa Vusi Gumede Chapter 3. Elusive Solutions to Poverty and Inequality: From 'Trickle Down' to 'Solidarity Economy' Tidings P. Ndhlovu PART II: DEVELOPMENT, URBANISM AND POVERTY Chapter 4. Urban Poverty in Zimbabwe: Historical and Contemporary Issues Rudo Barbra Gaidzanwa Chapter 5. Theory of Poverty or Poverty of Theory?: A Decolonial Intervention on Urban Poverty in South Africa Raymond Nyapokoto and Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni PART III: EMPOWERMENT, REGIONALISM, IDENTY AND DEVELOPMENT Chapter 6. The 'Native Returns': Assessing and Re-imagining Indigenisation and Black Economic Empowerment as Development Projects in the 'Post-colony' Tamuka Charles Chirimambowa and Tinashe Lukas Chimedza Chapter 7. Ethno-Politics and Regionalism in Post-colonial Zimbabwe: The Matabeleland Development Question and the Imperative for Development Redress after the Crisis Vusilizwe Thebe Chapter 8. The Politics of Land Ownership in South Africa: Self-Perceptions and Identities of Backyard Dwellers within the Coloured Community Wendy Isaacs-Martin PART IV: DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL POLICY AND AFRICAN FAMILIES Chapter 9. Understanding the Conceptualisation of African Families: A Social Policy Development Poser in South Africa Busani Mpofu Chapter 10. Socio-economic and Cultural Barriers to Marital Unions and HIV Incidence Correlates: A Public Policy Poser for South Africa? Busani Ngcaweni Chapter 11. Old Persons Cash Grant Pay-out Days: How Beneficiaries Become Victims of Abuse in South Africa Gloria Sauti Afterword: End of Development and Rise of Decoloniality as the Future Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni and Busani Mpofu References Index

SynopsisDevelopment has remained elusive in Africa. Through theoretical contributions and case studies focusing on Southern Africa's former white settler states, South Africa and Zimbabwe, this volume responds to the current need to rethink (and unthink) development in the region. The authors explore how Africa can adapt Western development models suited to its political, economic, social and cultural circumstances, while rejecting development practices and discourses based on exploitative capitalist and colonial tendencies. Beyond the legacies of colonialism, the volume also explores other factors impacting development, including regional politics, corruption, poor policies on empowerment and indigenization, and socio-economic and cultural barriers.

LC Classification NumberHC905 .R48 2019