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http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dsp019z903266f| Title: | Values and Development in Southern Africa |
| Contributors: | Müller, Hans Mekgwe, Pinkie Mhloyi, Marvellous M. |
| Keywords: | Africa Southern Africa social planning social values development demography |
| Issue Date: | 2013 |
| Publisher: | CODESRIA (Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa) |
| Place of Publication: | Dakar, Senegal |
| Series/Report no.: | CODESRIA Publications in Full Text |
| Description: | Chapter One is the introduction that is meant to present the main issues without too much debate on the merits of this or that way of formulating the case and giving some perspective on where the project fits in a bigger scheme of things. Chapter Two of the book deals with matters that have been dealt with in a very simple and unqualified manner in the introduction. It makes the case for the Southern African region as unit of analysis with reference to the interwoven nature of geo-political and economic dynamics of the region as well as its historical and cultural linkages. It then defines what we mean by social and cultural values and by the notions of development and poverty. Of course, we need to take a position on these matters as there is a plethora of definitions and approaches in these fields. We then set out the objectives of the study in a slightly more structured and argued manner than in the introduction and specify areas of concentration. We also deal with methodological issues that relate to our task in some detail as the comparative method is a reasoned mode of operation in our case – even if we understand and explain the limitations thereof. Chapters One and Two also form the first section of the book as we thought it sensible to divide the book into three main sections. The first section sets the scene, the second reflects theoretically and the third attempts to explore the theoretical concepts empirically. The theoretical section comprises two chapters: the first locating the issue of culture in development literature generally and the second proposing content to the cultural dimensions that are at stake in development. |
| URI: | http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dsp019z903266f |
| ISSN: | 978-2-86978-554-0 |
| Related resource: | http://www.codesria.org |
| Appears in Collections: | Serials and series reports (Publicly Accessible) - CODESRIA |
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| 1-Values_and_Development_in_Southern_A_Introduction.pdf | 127.63 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Download | |
| 2-Values_and_Development_in_Southern_A.pdf | 172.24 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Download | |
| 3-Values_and_Development_in_Southern_A.pdf | 224.56 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Download | |
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