Author | : Mandivamba Rukuni |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 448 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Mandivamba Rukuni |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 448 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Mandivamba Rukuni |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 774 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Ian Scoones |
Publisher | : James Currey |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9781847010247 |
Challenges the commonly held myths about Zimbabwe's land reform.
Author | : Sam Moyo |
Publisher | : African Books Collective |
Total Pages | : 374 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 2869785534 |
The Fast Track Land Reform Programme implemented during the 2000s in Zimbabwe represents the only instance of radical redistributive land reforms since the end of the Cold War. It reversed the racially-skewed agrarian structure and discriminatory land tenures inherited from colonial rule. The land reform also radicalised the state towards a nationalist, introverted accumulation strategy, against a broad array of unilateral Western sanctions. Indeed, Zimbabwe's land reform, in its social and political dynamics, must be compared to the leading land reforms of the twentieth century, which include those of Mexico, Russia, China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Cuba and Mozambique. The fact that the Zimbabwe case has not been recognised as vanguard nationalism has much to do with the 'intellectual structural adjustment' which has accompanied neoliberalism and a hostile media campaign. This has entailed dubious theories of ëneopatrimonialismí, which reduce African politics and the state to endemic ëcorruptioní, ëpatronageí, and ëtribalismí while overstating the virtues of neoliberal good governance. Under this racist repertoire, it has been impossible to see class politics, mass mobilisation and resistance, let alone believe that something progressive can occur in Africa. This book comes to a conclusion that the Zimbabwe land reform represents a new form of resistance with distinct and innovative characteristics when compared to other cases of radicalisation, reform and resistance. The process of reform and resistance has entailed the deliberate creation of a tri-modal agrarian structure to accommodate and balance the interests of various domestic classes, the progressive restructuring of labour relations and agrarian markets, the continuing pressures for radical reforms (through the indigenisation of mining and other sectors), and the rise of extensive, albeit relatively weak, producer cooperative structures. The book also highlights some of the resonances between the Zimbabwean land struggles and those on the continent, as well as in the South in general, arguing that there are some convergences and divergences worthy of intellectual attention. The book thus calls for greater endogenous empirical research which overcomes the pre-occupation with failed interpretations of the nature of the state and agency in Africa.
Author | : Ian Scoones |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 238 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781983498497 |
Zimbabwe's land reform has been highly controversial. Too often, ideological positions trump empirical realities and detailed analysis. This book aims to fill a gap by drawing on extensive longitudinal research from across Zimbabwe, pointing to policy challenges, as well as solutions. In the post-Mugabe era, moving forward is vital if the agrarian economy is to revive and the benefits of the land reform are to be realised. Across nine sections and 44 chapters, the book discusses a range of themes - from livelihood change in land reform areas, to the particular challenges of medium-scale farms, youth, farm workers and land administration to food security, market development, small towns and the potentials for local economic development.
Author | : Prosper B. Matondi |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2012-11-08 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1780321503 |
The Fast Track Land Reform Programme in Zimbabwe has emerged as a highly contested reform process both nationally and internationally. The image of it has all too often been that of the widespread displacement and subsequent replacement of various people, agricultural-related production systems, facets and processes. The reality, however, is altogether more complex. Providing new and much-needed empirical research, this in-depth book examines how processes such as land acquisition, allocation, transitional production outcomes, social life, gender and tenure, have influenced and been influenced by the forces driving the programme. It also explores the ways in which the land reform programme has created a new agrarian structure based on small- to medium-scale farmers. In attempting to resolve the problematic issues the reforms have raised, the author argues that it is this new agrarian formation which provides the greatest scope for improving Zimbabwe's agriculture and development. Based on a broader geographical scope than any previous study carried out on the subject, this is a landmark work on a subject of considerable controversy.
Author | : Mandivamba Rukuni |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 28 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Agricultural credit |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Alexander Charles Laurie |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 423 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0199398291 |
This work explores what is inarguably the most socially and economically transformative event in Zimbabwe since independence in 1980-the land seizure era. It explains why Mugabe risked the social and economic well-being of Zimbabwe by targeting commercial farms, which were a vital source of commodities, a major employer, and a critical source of tax revenue. It also uncovers why the 'land redistribution program,' as Mugabe and the ruling ZANU-PF party claimed the takeovers to be, occurred 20 years after independence and in a very chaotic manner.
Author | : B.M. Campbell |
Publisher | : CIFOR |
Total Pages | : 169 |
Release | : 2002-01-01 |
Genre | : Arid regions |
ISBN | : 9798764781 |
The study sites. Methods. The wealth index and its variation. Human, financial, physical and natural capital - the essets available to households. Households productive activities - the generation of cash and subsistence gross income. Exploring household strategies. Net income and poverty. Temporal changes in livelihood strategies. Modelling livelihood change. Making a difference.