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Commentary
THE RDP WHITE PAPER: RECONSTRUCTION OF A
DEVELOPMENT VISION
     Unlike the based RDP Document, argue ASGHAR ADELZADEH
     AND VISHNU PADAYACHEE, the White Paper is a bad augury for            >r
     the Left. It lacks coherence and vision and gives away far too much to
     the free marketeers.
'POLITICS AND ECONOMICS IN ANC ECONOMIC POLICY':
AN ALTERNATIVE ASSESSMENT                                                      19
     For BEN FINE, a key writer on current economic policy issues isNici
     Nattrass, who seeks to bring ANC politics and business-friendly
     economics together. Fine argues that Nattrass' contributions, ifadopted
     as policy, would hobble the efforts of the ANC, even from the standpoint
     of genuine social democracy.
Articles
PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH AND DEMOCRATIC AGRARIAN
TRANSFORMATION: THE CASE OF THE EASTERN TRANSVAAL
 CENTRAL LOWVELD                                                               34
      Using his own research in this region as a model, RICHARD LEVIN
     suggests that participatory research yields very different results in the
      key reform area of land issues than top-down approaches which remain
      characteristic of policy procedures.


WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO GENDER IN REGIONAL
DEVELOPMENT ANALYSIS? EXAMPLES
FROM KWA ZULU/NATAL                                                           58
     ALISON TODES AND DORI YOSEL question conventional policy
     discourse as well, focussing on the special challenges posed by gender
     issues. They use the example of regional planning in Kwa Zulu/ Natal
    for their focus.
WOMEN AND THE LABOUR MARKET: CHALLENGES
POSED FOR JOB-CREATION POLICY                                                 79
     In pinpointing the weak position of women in the economy, PAT HORN
     emphasises that the greatest need is in women-led organisation
Debate
COMMENTS ON ZARINA MAHARAJ'S 'SUBVERSIVE INTENT:
A SOCIAL THEORY OF GENDER'                                                   88
     CHERRYL WALKER feels that Zarina Maharaj has been less
     subversive and more contradictory than she would like in theorising
     gender.
EMPOWERMENT THROUGH DELIVERY SYSTEMS                                         93
     SIVI GOUNDEN AND ANDREW MERRIFIELD address the
     housing policy practitioners and suggest that delivery systems in the
     housing field, depending how they are produced, can deliver popular
     empowerment and work against community violence.
Review
SOUTH AFRICAN LABOUR: A MODERNISED
MARXIST APPROACH .                                                          103
    Eddie Webster et al's Work and Industrialisation in South Africa: An
    Introductory Reader is reviewed by PETER WATERMAN.