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monografia Rebiun25461844 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun25461844 m o d cr cnu---unuuu 190323s2019 cm ob 000 0 eng d 9789956550203 9956550205 9789956550302 UAM 991008083049504211 EBLCP eng pn EBLCP NT YDXIT MERUC OCLCF JSTOR YDX MYG OCLCQ UNAV 338.96 23 Grid-locked African economic sovereignty Recurso electrónico] :] decolonising the neo-imperial socio-economic and legal force-fields in the 21st century edited by Victor Warikandwa, Artwell Nhemachena, Nkosinothando Mpofu & Howard Chitimira Mankon, Bamenda, Cameroon Langaa RPCIG [2019] Mankon, Bamenda, Cameroon Mankon, Bamenda, Cameroon Langaa RPCIG 1 recurso electrónico 1 recurso electrónico EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete Economic Participation of Co-operatives and Poverty Alleviation in South Africa Incluye referencias bibliográficas Cover; Title page; Copyright page; About the Authors; Contents; Foreword; Chapter One -- Explosive Economic Minefields in Invisible Neo-Imperial Force-fields: An Introduction to Decolonising Economies in Africa; Introduction; Economic Terrorism and the Ongoing Destabilisation of Africa; Chapter Outlines; References; Chapter Two -- Anticipating African Economic Futures -- Or Is It Time to Look in the Rear View Mirrors? Land Restitution, Unemployment and the Figure of the Posthuman; Introduction; Vanishing Pasts and Stolen Futures: Anticipating African Economic Futurity Economic Saviours or Sacrificers? Posthumanist Economies and Mirages of DecolonisationConclusion; References; Chapter Three -- Re-Africanisation of Economies through Ubuntu? Business and Kinship Obligations in Urban South Africa; Introduction; An African Pre-colonial Era History of Doing Business; Beyond Reciprocal Cooperation as a Form of Ubuntu and Capital; The Reciprocal Element of Ubuntu and Obligations; Reciprocal Cooperation Influences on Kinship Relations and Obligations; The Paradox of Balancing Kin and Business Obligations within Neoliberal Spaces The Variance between Western and African Approaches to Resolving Family ConflictsConclusion; References; Chapter Four -- The Land as Economy and Economy as Land: Towards a Reappraisal of the Political Economy of Land Repossession in Contemporary South Africa; Introduction; The Struggling Neo-colonial Economy, Unemployment, Inequality and Poverty; Understanding "Land Reform", Decolonisation, Pan-Africanism and Land Repossession in South Africa; Bitterness against the Racial Past, Land Activists and the Expropriation Rhetoric; Failures to Restore the Land Back to Africans Whose Land is it anyway? Understanding Land as a Resource and the Anti-land Repossession Rhetoric in South AfricaConclusion; References; Chapter Five -- Displacements in Colonial Zimbabwe: Contestations, Meanings, Consequences and Some Lessons; Introduction; Conceptualising Displacement; Historicising Colonial Displacements in Zimbabwe; The Meanings of Land Dispossession and Displacements; Displacement as Loss of Land, Livelihoods, Mining and Farming Rights; Displacement as Loss of Identity, History and Belonging; Displacement as Permanent Disempowerment and Enslavement Displacement as Loss of Cultural Heritage and Indigenous 'Knowledges'Conclusion; References; Chapter Six -- Agriculture and Africa's Development Agenda; Introduction; Is Africa's Dependence on Agriculture the Cause of Poverty in the Continent?; Way Forward on Dealing with Technocratic (Neoliberal) Agenda for Agricultural Development; Conclusion; References; Chapter Seven -- Growth Orientated African-centred Agriculture, Cooperatives and Policy Reforms: Towards Poverty Alleviation and Food Security; Introduction; Co-operative Movement and Socio-Economic Contribution in South Africa Forma de acceso: World Wide Web Warikandwa, Victor Nhemachena, Artwell Mpofu, Nkosinothando Chitimira, Howard