Rethinking and Unthinking Development: Perspectives on Inequality and Poverty in South Africa and Zimbabwe - Softcover

 
9781800736450: Rethinking and Unthinking Development: Perspectives on Inequality and Poverty in South Africa and Zimbabwe
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1800736452 ISBN 13: 9781800736450
Publisher: Berghahn Books, 2023

Synopsis

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.

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About the Authors

Busani Mpofu is Associate Professor in the Development Studies Department, University of South Africa. He researches on Third world urbanisation and the history of African cities, urban poverty, inclusive development, development discourse and theory.



Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni is Professor and Chair of Epistemologies of the Global South with Emphasis on Africa and Vice-Dean of Research in the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence at the University of Bayreuth in Germany; Professor Extraordinarius in the Department of Leadership and Transformation (DLT) in the Principal & Vice-Chancellor’s Office at the University of South Africa (UNISA); Professor Extraordinarius at the Centre for Gender and African Studies at the University of Free State (UFS) in South Africa; Honorary Professor in the School of Education (Education & Development Studies) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) in South Africa; Research Associate at the Department of Political Science at the University of Pretoria (UP) in South Africa; and Research Associate at The Ferguson Centre for African and Asian Studies at The Open University in the United Kingdom.

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Publisher
Berghahn Books
Publication date
2023
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1800736452
ISBN 13 
9781800736450
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
288
Editor
Mpofu Busani, Ndlovu-Gatsheni Sabelo J.