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The Political Economy of Poverty and Social Transformations of the Global South
Author: Mariano Féliz
Publisher: ibidem-Verlag / ibidem Press
Published: 2017-05-01
Total Pages: 261
ISBN-13: 3838269144
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book brings forth debates on the production and eradication of poverty from experiences in the global South. It collects a set of innovative articles concentrating on the way in which poverty, as a social process, has been tackled by popular movements and the governments of various states across the globe. Providing new insights into the limitations of traditional strategies to confront poverty, it highlights how social organizations are working to transform the livelihoods of people through bottom-up struggle and more participatory approaches rather than passively waiting for top-down solutions.
Zimbabwe
Author: Suzanne Dansereau
Publisher: Nordic Africa Institute
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9789171065414
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The two articles are revised versions of papers presented at the end of May 2004 to a Zimbabwe Conference at the Nordic Africa Institute, which was co-organized by the project "Liberation and Democracy in Southern Africa" (LiDeSA). They highlight current socio-economic aspects of Zimbabwean society. By doing so, they raise relevant issues, yet ones that have tended to be neglected given the almost exclusive concentration on political events. While this is understandable, the articles fill the gap in our knowledge and add insights into important sectors of society. These include information on the Zimbabwean economy and the present constraints of the decline, which together help us to understand the structural legacy that any future government will have to deal with. What is more, the elections in Zimbabwe in 2005 provide an ideal moment to discuss such matters. This Discussion Paper will thereby make a substantive contribution to the analysis of the overall picture in Zimbabwe.
The Political Economy of Poverty, Vulnerability and Disaster Risk Management
Author: Mawere, Munyaradzi
Publisher: Langaa RPCIG
Published: 2017-11-29
Total Pages: 402
ISBN-13: 995676311X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Poverty remains a thorny and topical challenge and research topic to scholars and researchers on African development. Scholars in the Global North have since the Second World War sought to research poverty and underdevelopment in Africa, postulating what they think are the major causes of insipid and abject poverty in the continent, but with little or no success on how to solve the poverty enigma. Sadly, little research and homework have been done by scholars in context (in Africa) on why there seems to be more production rather than eradication of poverty and vulnerability in Africa and among Africans. This book is born out of the realisation for the need for both scholars on the ground and outside Africa to earnestly interrogate and reflect on the poverty situation that continues to haunt the people of Africa and rattle the conscience of the world at large. With contributors from across the continent and beyond, the volume offers a balanced and rigorous, multi-faceted analysis of Africa’s poverty and vulnerability from a rich tapestry of perspectives. The volume is handy to scholars and students in the fields of African and development studies, as well as to students of Sociology, Anthropology, Political Science and Policy Studies.
Zimbabwe
Author: Hevina Smith Dashwood
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 2000-01-01
Total Pages: 266
ISBN-13: 9780802082268
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Dashwood argues that it was the class interests of the ruling elite of Zimbabwethat explains the failure of the government to devise a coherent, socially sensitive development strategy in conjunction with market-based reforms.
The Political Economy of Livelihoods in Contemporary Zimbabwe
Author: Kirk Helliker
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-01-12
Total Pages: 232
ISBN-13: 1351273221
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Since the introduction of the fast track land reform programme in 2000, Zimbabwe has undergone major economic and political shifts and these have had a profound impact on both urban and rural livelihoods. This book provides rich empirical studies that examine a range of multi-faceted and contested livelihoods within the context of systemic crises. Taking a broad political economy approach, the chapters advance a grounded and in-depth understanding of emerging and shifting livelihood processes, strategies and resilience that foregrounds agency at household level. Highlighting an emergent scholarship amongst young black scholars in Zimbabwe, and providing an understanding of how people and communities respond to socio-economic challenges, this book is an important read for scholars of African political economy, southern African studies and livelihoods.
Rethinking and Unthinking Development
Author: Busani Mpofu
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 2019-03-27
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 1789201772
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Development 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.
Zimbabwe
Author: Vimbai Chaumba Kwashirai
Publisher:
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781608764860
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book consists of oral, written and observation experience in Zimbabwe where the author has stayed for six months every year to carry out field research. Information was gathered from various individuals with concerns on the govavhu, poverty and ecological problems. The relevant written documents were accessed from government departments. The inspiration for this book draws from both the dramatic character of the land reform process and the attempts at conceptualising the links between the themes of environment and poverty.
The Primacy of Regime Survival
Author: Mark Simpson
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2018-05-02
Total Pages: 391
ISBN-13: 3319725203
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book analyses the past and ongoing decline of Zimbabwe under the rule of ZANU-PF, with a primary focus on the period 1997 to the present. In contrast to much existing literature on post-independence Zimbabwe which has focused on the political dimensions of Zimbabwe’s fragility, this research highlights the economic aspects of Zimbabwe’s regression flowing from prolonged mismanagement of the economy which has served to consolidate the rule of the country’s political and economic elite. The Zimbabwean experience offers unique insights into the economic mensions of regime preservation. This book situates the Zimbabwe experience within the context of wider debates within the field of development studies, and the international community’s response to such situations.
The Political Economy of Hunger: Volume 1: Entitlement and Well-being
Author: Jean Dreze (ed)
Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 513
ISBN-13: 019828635X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Part of a major report on world hunger instigated by the World Institute for Development Economics Research, this volume deals with possible solutions to the problem of regular outbreaks of famine in various parts of the world.
