Rethinking and Unthinking Development : : Perspectives on Inequality and Poverty in South Africa and Zimbabwe / / ed. by Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Busani Mpofu.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2019
• MitwirkendeR: Barbra Gaidzanwa, Rudo,; Chimedza, Tinashe Lukas,; Chirimambowa, Tamuka Charles,; Gumede, Vusi,; Isaacs-Martin, Wendy,; Mpofu, Busani,; Ndhlovu, Tidings P.,; Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Sabelo J.,; Ngcaweni, Busani,; Nyapokoto, Raymond,; Sauti, Gloria,; Thebe, Vusilizwe,
• HerausgeberIn: Mpofu, Busani,; Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Sabelo J.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2019]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (288 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Tables and Figures --; Abbreviations --; Introduction. Rethinking and Unthinking Development in Africa --; Part I. Theory, Concepts and Discourse --; Chapter 1. Rethinking Development in the Age of Global Coloniality --; Chapter 2. Rethinking and Reclaiming Development in Africa --; Chapter 3. Elusive Solutions to Poverty and Inequality: From ‘Trickle Down’ to ‘Solidarity Economy’ --; Part II. Development, Urbanism and Poverty --; Chapter 4. Urban Poverty in Zimbabwe: Historical and Contemporary Issues --; Chapter 5. Theory of Poverty or Poverty of Theory? A Decolonial Intervention on Urban Poverty in South Africa --; Part III. Empowerment, Regionalism, Identity and Development --; Chapter 6. The ‘Native Returns’: Assessing and Reimagining Indigenisation and Black Economic Empowerment as Development Projects in the ‘Postcolony’ --; Chapter 7. Ethnopolitics and Regionalism, Discipline and Punishment: The Matabeleland Development Question in Postcrisis Zimbabwe --; Chapter 8. The Politics of Land Ownership in South Africa: Self-Perceptions and Identities of Backyard Dwellers within the Coloured Community --; Part IV. Development, Social Policy and African Families --; Chapter 9. Understanding the Conceptualisation of African Families: A Social Policy Development Poser in South Africa --; Chapter 10. Socioeconomic and Cultural Barriers to Marital Unions and HIV Incidence Correlates: A Public Policy Poser for South Africa --; Chapter 11. Old-Age Cash Grant Pay-out Days: How Beneficiaries Become Victims of Abuse in South Africa --; Conclusion. The End of Development and the Rise of Decoloniality as the Future --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781789201772; 9783110997729
• DOI: 10.1515/9781789201772?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Busani Mpofu.

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.