The Political Economy of Livelihoods in Contemporary Zimbabwe

ISBN-13: 9780367593407 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 232 str.

Kirk Helliker; Manase Kudzai Chiweshe; Sandra Bhatasara

Opis

Highlighting an emergent scholarship amongst young black scholars in Zimbabwe, and providing an understanding of how people and communities respond to socio-economic challenges, this book is an important read for scholars of African political economy, Southern African Studies and livelihoods.

Spis treści

1: Introduction – Theorising the Political Economy of Livelihoods in Contemporary Zimbabwe  Sandra Bhatasara, Manase Kudzai Chiweshe and Kirk Helliker  2: Livelihood Strategies of Urban Women: Emerging Evidence from Magaba, Harare  Takunda Chirau  3: Construction of Livelihood Strategies in Budiriro, Harare  Tafadzwa Chevo  4: Sex Work as a Livelihood Strategy in the Border Town of Beitbridge  Wadzanai Takawira and Kirk Helliker  5: Migration and Survival in post-2000 Zimbabwe  Manase Kudzai Chiweshe  6: Agricultural Production Systems of Small-Scale Farmers in Hwedza in the Context of Innovation Platforms  Innocent Mahiya  7: Development NGOs – Understanding Participatory Methods, Accountability and Effectiveness of World Vision in Umzingwane District  Kayla Knight Waghorn  8: A Critical Analysis of Community Participation at the Primary Level of the Health System in Goromonzi District  Rachel Gondo  9: Climate Variability in Local Scales – Narratives and Ambivalences from Mutoko District  Sandra Bhatasara  10: Livelihoods Vulnerability among Riverbed Farmers in Negande, NyamiNyami District  Felix Tombindo  11: "Let Them Starve so that they ‘Hear’ us" – Differing Perspectives on Unresolved Land Occupations and Livelihoods at Mushandike Smallholder Irrigation Scheme, Masvingo District  Jonathan Mafukidze  12: "Other People Inherit Property, But I Inherit People and Their Problems" – The Role of Kinship and Social Capital in Providing Care and Support for the HIV Infected and AIDS Affected, Chivanhu Informal Settlement, Masvingo Province  Loveness Makonese  13: Insecure Land Tenure and Natural Resource Use in a Post Fast Track Area of Zimbabwe  Takunda Chabata  14: Fast Track Land Reform Programme and Women in Goromonzi District  Loveness Chakona and Manase Kudzai Chiweshe

O autorze

Kirk Helliker is Director of the Unit of Zimbabwean Studies, Rhodes University, South Africa.

Manase Kudzai Chiweshe is a Senior Lecturer at Chinhoyi University of Technology, Zimbabwe.

Sandra Bhatasara is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Zimbabwe.