Abstract
This chapter reassesses the concepts of equity, participation and structural adjustment with reference to the specific national context and experience of post-independence Zimbabwe. The global context in which these concepts have been defined and appropriated into current developmental discourse has been laid out succinctly elsewhere.1 Here, I consider the political context in which this discourse on development has been shaped and interpreted in a young developing nation of ten million.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Similar content being viewed by others
Notes
Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth ( Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1963 ).
Amilcar Cabral, Unity and Struggle: Speeches and Writings ( London: Heinemann, 1980 ).
Andre Astrow, Zimbabwe: A Revolution that Lost Its Way? (London: Zed Press, 1983);
David Moore, ‘The Ideological Formation of the Zimbabwean Ruling Class,’ Journal of Southern African Studies, 17, 3 (September 1991).
Robert Mugabe, ‘The Unity Accord: Its Promise for the Future,’ in C. S. Banana (ed.), Turmoil and Tenacity: Zimbabwe 1980–1990 ( Harare: College Press, 1990 ) p. 345.
A. Kiondo, ‘The Nature of Economic Reform in Tanzania,’ in H. Campbell and H. Stein (eds), The IMF and Tanzania (Harare: SAPES, 1991).
Peter Gibbon, ‘Structural Adjustment and Pressures towards Multi-partyism in Sub-Saharan Africa,’ in P. Gibbon, Y. Bangura, and A. Ofstard (eds), Authoritarianism, Democracy and Adjustment: The Politics of Economic Reform in Africa (Uppsala: Scandinavian Institute of African Studies, 1992).
Craig Charney, ‘Political Power and Social Class in the Neo-Colonial African State,’ Review of African Political Economy, 38 (1987), p. 52.
Issa Shivji, ‘The Politics of Liberalization in Tanzania: Notes on the Crisis of Ideological Hegemony,’ in H. Campbell and H. Stein (eds), The IMF and Tanzania ( Harare: SAPES, 1991 ).
Zimbabwe Government, Growth with Equity: An Economic Policy Statement ( Harare: Government Printers, 1981 ), p. 1.
Bernard Chidzero, ‘Development Overview,’ Report on Conference Proceedings, Zimbabwe Conference on Reconstruction and Development ( Harare: Government Printer, 1981 ), p. 53.
World Bank, Sub-Saharan Africa: From Crisis to Sustainable Growth ( Washington: World Bank, 1989 ).
Kempton Makamure, ‘The Struggle for Democracy and Democratization,’ in I. Mandaza and L. M. Sachikonye (eds), The One-Party State and Democracy ( Harare: SAPES, 1991 ), p. 106.
Colin Stoneman, ‘The Economy: Recognizing the Reality,’ in C. Stoneman (ed.), Zimbabwe’s Prospects ( London: Macmillan, 1988 ), p. 56.
Bernard Chidzero, ‘Interview,’ Southern Africa Political and Economic Monthly ( Harare, April 1992 ).
Lawrence Harris, ‘Conception of IMF’s Role in Africa,’ in P. Lawrence (ed.), World Recession and the Food Crisis ( London: Review of African Political Economy and James Currey, 1986 ).
Zimbabwe Government, Second Five-Year National Development Plan ( Harare: Government Printer, 1991 ), pp. 1–2.
Lionel Cliffe, ‘Were they Pushed or Did They Jump?’, Southern African Report (March 1991).
F. Stewart, ‘Are Adjustment Policies in Africa Consistent With Long-run Development Needs?’, Development Policy Review, 9 (1991), pp. 427–8.
M. Tsvangirai, ‘Workers Should Not Be Neutral,’ Southern African Political and Economic Monthly (September 1990).
L. M. Sachikonye, op. cit., 1992, and ‘An Industrial Relations Crisis?’, Southern Africa Political and Economic Monthly, 3, 11 (1990).
R. Gwebu, ‘ESAP: Will Coops Survive?’, The Vanguard ( Harare ), February-March 1992.
C. M. Ramos, ‘Is Socialism Still an Alternative for the Third World?’, Monthly Review, 42, 3 (1990), p. 103.
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Copyright information
© 1995 Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Sachikonye, L.M. (1995). From ‘Equity’ and ‘Participation’ to Structural Adjustment: State and Social Forces in Zimbabwe. In: Moore, D.B., Schmitz, G.J. (eds) Debating Development Discourse. International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-24199-6_6
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-24199-6_6
Publisher Name: Palgrave Macmillan, London
Print ISBN: 978-1-349-24201-6
Online ISBN: 978-1-349-24199-6
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies CollectionPolitical Science and International Studies (R0)