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Title: Zimbabwean women in co-operatives : participation and sexual equality in four producer co-operatives
Creator: Smith, Sheila
Date: 1987
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa
Description: This paper presents the results of a study on the participation of women and of sexual equality in participation in four producer co-operatives in Zimbabwe, and contextualises the results in terms of women in other socialist countries and the current Zimbabwean government policy on women and co-operatives. Particular areas which are seen as obstacles to the participation of women are identified and recommendations made which may address these obstacles and lead to the increasing participation...
Show moreThis paper presents the results of a study on the participation of women and of sexual equality in participation in four producer co-operatives in Zimbabwe, and contextualises the results in terms of women in other socialist countries and the current Zimbabwean government policy on women and co-operatives. Particular areas which are seen as obstacles to the participation of women are identified and recommendations made which may address these obstacles and lead to the increasing participation of women in the future.
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Title: Self-reliance in practice : a study of burial societies in Harare, Zimbabwe
Creator: Hall, Nigel
Date: 1987
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa
Description: Burial societies are local indigenous organisations which provide mutual help and assistance to members in the event of death and illness, and are an established feature of urban life in Zimbabwe. As such they are examples of self-reliance in practice, but despite this there has been very little in the way of concrete research in this area. This paper sets out to investigate the role that burial societies play in the lives of their members and is therefore concerned with the various functions...
Show moreBurial societies are local indigenous organisations which provide mutual help and assistance to members in the event of death and illness, and are an established feature of urban life in Zimbabwe. As such they are examples of self-reliance in practice, but despite this there has been very little in the way of concrete research in this area. This paper sets out to investigate the role that burial societies play in the lives of their members and is therefore concerned with the various functions that the societies' perform, the services that they offer, as well as establishing members' motivations for joining. The assumption is made that there are both 'manifest' and 'latent' needs on the part of the membership for which the societies cater. In addition to considering the relationship between society and member, the study also examines the preponderance and extent of use of the societies in the high density suburbs of Zimbabwe's capital city, Harare. Consideration is given to some of the organisational and structural aspects of the societies. Previous research into the societies is noted to provide background to this study and there is some speculation on the role the societies could perform in the future.
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Title: Book review : About Understanding - ideas and observations on cross-cultural communication by Andreas Fugelsang
Creator: Mundy-Castle, A. C. (Alastair Charles), 1923-2015
Date: 1987
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa
Description: Review of: Andreas Fugelsang. About Understanding - ideas and observations on cross-cultural communication. Uppsala: Dag Hammarskjold Foundation, 1982

Title: Book review : Measurement and analysis of socio-economic development by Donald McGranahan, Eduardo Pizarro and Claude Richard
Creator: Hampson, Joe
Date: 1987
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa
Description: Reviews of: Donald McGranahan, Eduardo Pizarro and Claude Richard. Measurement and analysis of socio-economic development. Geneva: UNRISD, 1985; and Ian Miles. Social indicators for human development. London: Pinter, 1985

Title: Popular participation, statism and development
Creator: Midgley, James
Date: 1987
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa
Description: This paper takes a critical look at the popular issue of participation, and suggests that a major weakness in the literature of participation is its failure to deal with the realities of statism in the modern world, and particularly the Third World. The paper argues that while many proponents of participation theory claim a commitment to socialism and marxism their views in fact derive from a blend of individualism, populism and anarchism, ideologies which incorporate a basic distrust of the...
Show moreThis paper takes a critical look at the popular issue of participation, and suggests that a major weakness in the literature of participation is its failure to deal with the realities of statism in the modern world, and particularly the Third World. The paper argues that while many proponents of participation theory claim a commitment to socialism and marxism their views in fact derive from a blend of individualism, populism and anarchism, ideologies which incorporate a basic distrust of the state. In effect the impact of this is that participation theory has an implied distrust of state sponsored development. This distrust, the paper argues, is not necessarily a fair reflection of the current state of affairs in the Third World.
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Title: Cover, publication data, content
Date: 1987
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa

Title: Participation : the ends of a spectrum
Date: 1987
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa

Title: List of books received, notes for contributors
Date: 1987
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa

Title: Book review : How do you spell development?
Creator: Mupedziswa, Rodreck
Date: 1987
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa
Description: Review of: How do you spell development? Uppsala: Scandanavian Institute of African Studies, 1983

Title: Book review : Socialism, education and development by Fay Chung and Emmanuel Ngara
Creator: Johnson, Nigel
Date: 1987
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa
Description: Review of: Fay Chung and Emmanuel Ngara. Socialism, education and development. Harare: Zimbabwe Publishing House, 1985

Title: Rural poverty, social development and their implications for fieldwork practice
Creator: Muzaale, Patrick John
Date: 1987
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa
Description: A most unsettling observation is that rural poverty is on the increase, despite decades of rural development. The blame is currently being placed on modes of designing and implementing development programmes, which are seen to have failed to take the basic needs of the poor into account. Further blame is placed on historical factors together with the social structures that have developed from them. The paper examines a selection of current ideas about rural poverty and their implications for...
Show moreA most unsettling observation is that rural poverty is on the increase, despite decades of rural development. The blame is currently being placed on modes of designing and implementing development programmes, which are seen to have failed to take the basic needs of the poor into account. Further blame is placed on historical factors together with the social structures that have developed from them. The paper examines a selection of current ideas about rural poverty and their implications for the practice and teaching of fieldwork in social development, and points out the issues involved, giving suggestions on how they might be dealt with.
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Title: The role of popular participation in programmes of social development
Creator: Nkunika, Adam I. Z.
Date: 1987
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa
Description: This paper explores the role of popular participation in development It is indicated that participation in development programmes by the local people is very crucial in order to ensure successful implementation of these programmes. The paper also advances the argument that although participation is seen as being very important, there are as yet few countries which have developed appropriate methods and organisational bases geared towards facilitating the participation process. A fundamental...
Show moreThis paper explores the role of popular participation in development It is indicated that participation in development programmes by the local people is very crucial in order to ensure successful implementation of these programmes. The paper also advances the argument that although participation is seen as being very important, there are as yet few countries which have developed appropriate methods and organisational bases geared towards facilitating the participation process. A fundamental conclusion of the paper is that whilst maintaining existing patterns of intervention in rural areas, efforts should also focus on searching for more appropriate ways in which a participatory approach could underly the whole basis of the intervention.
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Title: Book review : The field directors' handbook
Creator: Jonga, Luke K.
Date: 1987
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa
Description: Review of: Brian Pratt and Jo Boyden (eds.). The field directors' handbook. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1985

Title: Book review : Integrated rural energy planning
Creator: MacGarry, Brian
Date: 1987
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa
Description: Review of: Yehia ElMahgary and Asit K Biswas (eds.). Integrated rural energy planning. Guildford, Surrey, England: Butterworth, 1985

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