Grassroots leadership: The process of rural development in Zimbabwe - Softcover

C.G. Mararike

Softcover

ISBN 10: 090830739X ISBN 13: 9780908307395

Publisher: University of Zimbabwe Publications, 1995

Synopsis

The book presents the thesis that to change society we need to understand how society operates, to understand society fully we have to be actively involved in processes that change society. To this extent, development cannot therefore be studied in the abstract! This is an empirical study through participating, listening and learning from the grassroots in whose name projects are constructed and executed. This is a study of what 'trans-formative' and 'instrumental' participation is about. This book looks at Rural Development and the real concerns of 'living people.' Any research about the forces which can exploit, improve liberate people can never be neutral. It should play a crucial role in helping to bring about progressive change. Claude G. Mararike, BA, B.Sc. Sociology, M.Phil, is currently a lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the University of Zimbabwe, where he teaches Rural Development and Theory and Practice of Personnel Management. He has written a number of articles including "Indigenous Leadership Styles, Can GrapBe Picked from an Orange Tree?" "Radio Formats, Script Writing and Presentation." Before joining the University of Zimbabwe, he spent over twenty years in the media, ten years with Radio Botswana and seven years with Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Zimbabwe Publications
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 090830739X
• ISBN 13: 9780908307395
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 114