Zimbabwe's Fast Track Land Reform Contributor(s): Matondi, Prosper B. (Author) |
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ISBN: 178032149X ISBN-13: 9781780321493 Publisher: Zed Books OUR PRICE: $109.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2012 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Africa - South - Republic Of South Africa - Social Science | Developing & Emerging Countries - History | Historical Geography |
Dewey: 960 |
Series: Africa Now |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 9.3" (1.00 lbs) 304 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Southern Africa |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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. |