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JOURML OF 
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT 
INAFRM 
EDITORIAL 
PARTICIPATION: THE ENDS OF A SPECTRUM 
POPULAR PARTICIPATION 
STATISM AND DEVELOPMENT 
James Midgley 
THE ROLE OF POPULAR PARTICIPATION IN 
PROGRAMMES OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT 
Adam I.Z. Nkunika 
ZIMBABWEAN WOMEN IN CO-OPERATIVES 
Sheila Smith 
SELF-RELIANCE IN PRACTICE 
Nigel Hall 
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, RURAL POVERTY 
AND IMPLICATIONS FOR 
FIELDWORK PRACTICE 
Patrick Muzaale 
BOOK REVIEWS 
LIST OF BOOKS RECEIVED 
Volume 2 No 1 1987
JOURNAL OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA 
School of Social Work 
P/Bag 66022 Kopje 
Harare, Zimbabwe 
The journal will publish critical analyses of social development issues as they affect the 
poor and marginalised in society. It deals with concerns especially but not exclusively 
relevant to Southern Africa, and is addressed to development practitioners, social 
workers, planners and policy makers, academics in a variety of fields such as 
economics, geography, politics, sociology, psychology, social administration and to 
other concerned individuals. 
Published twice annually, the journal seeks to enhance understanding of the social 
development processes that contribute to the planning and implementation of 
appropriate intervention strategies at different levels. Its goal is to discover how best to 
target relevant and successful projects to those most in need, and how to maximise 
popular participation, thereby creating egalitarian and productive communities. 
Editor 
Fr J Hampson, SJ School of Social Work, Harare 
Editorial Board 
Professor G Chavunduka Dean, Faculty of Social Studies, University of 
Zimbabwe 
Dr S Agere Ministry of Youth, Sport & Culture, Zimbabwe 
Mr N Hall School of Social Work, Harare, Zimbabwe 
Mr R Mupedziswa School of Social Work, Harare, Zimbabwe 
Ms B Willmore Editorial Assistant 
Editorial Advisors 
Dr S Selassie Dean, College of Social Sciences, Addis Ababa 
University, Ethiopia. 
Dr P Muzaale Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. 
Dr J Midgley Dean, School of Social Welfare, Louisiana State, 
USA. 
Dr D Sanders Dean, University of Hawaii, School of Social Work, 
USA. 
Dr J Safari University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. 
Dr J Jones Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong. 
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Participation: The Ends of a Spectrum 
Articles 
Popular Participation, Statism and Development 5 
James Midgley 
The Role of Popular Participation in Programmes of Social 17 
Development 
Adam I.Z. Nkunika 
Zimbabwean Women in Co-operatives: Participation and 29 
Sexual Equality in Four Producer-Co-operatives 
Sheila Smith 
Self-reliance in Practice: A Study of Burial Societies in 49 
Harare, Zimbabwe 
Nigel Hall 
Social Development, Rural Poverty and Implications for 75 
Fieldwork Practice 
Patrick Muzaale 
Book Reviews 89 
Socialism, Education and Development, Fay Chung and Emmanuel 
Ngara; How do You Spell Development? Margareta and Rolfe Sjostrom; 
Field Directors Handbook. An Oxfam Manual for Development 
Workers, eds Brain Pratt and Jo Boy den; About understanding -ideas 
and observations on cross-cultural communication, Andreas Fugelsang; 
Measurement and Analysis of Socio-Economic Development, Donald 
McGranahan, Eduardo Pizarro and Claude Richard; Social Indicators 
for Human Development, Ian Miles; Integrated Rural Energy Planning, 
eds Yehia Elmagary and Asit K. Biswa. 
List of Books Received 106