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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823672703321

Titolo

Tanzania in transition : from Nyerere to Mkapa / / edited by Kjell Havnevik and Aida C. Isinika

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, : Mkuki Na Nyoka, 2010

ISBN

1-283-00504-2

9786613005045

9987-08-140-1

9987-08-127-4

9987-10-252-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (306 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HavnevikKjell J

IsinikaAida C. <1951->

Disciplina

967.804

Soggetti

Economics - Tanzania

Tanzania Economic policy Congresses

Tanzania Politics and government 1964- Congresses

Tanzania Economic conditions 1964- Congresses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"This book is inspired by an international conference organised by the Nordic Africa Institute (NAI) in cooperation with the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department for Rural Development and Agro-ecology, in September 2005"--P. [xv].

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Boxes and Annex/Appendices; Acronyms; Acknowledgements; CHAPTER ONE. TANZANIA IN TRANSITION - TO WHAT?; Background; Contribution of The Book; The Post-Independence Model, The Legacy of Nyerere and Beyond; Agrarian Related Transitions; Governance and Development Cooperation Transitions; CHAPTER TWO. A HISTORICAL FRAMEWORK FOR ANALYSING CURRENT TANZANIAN TRANSITIONS: THE POST-INDEPENDENCE MODEL, NYERERE'S IDEAS AND SOME INTERPRETATIONS; Introduction; The Post-Independence Model

Nyerere's ideas and perspectives, the Arusha Declaration and Ujamaa - and the modification of the post-independence model Interpretations



of Nyerere's ideas and policy recommendations; CHAPTER THREE. THE NORWEGIAN-TANZANIAN AID RELATIONSHIP - A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; The Nordic Alternative; Technical assistance and cultural encounter; Financial aid and project orientation: Stiegler's Gorge; The one-party state and the Tanzania syndrome; Budget aid and the missing link in the aid relationship: Macro-economics

CHAPTER FOUR. AGRARIAN FUNDAMENTALISM OR FORESIGHT REVISITING NYERERE'S VISION FOR RURAL TANZANIA Nyerere's Blueprint: Kilimo na Ujamaa; Nation-Building Hiatus: Design Faults, Bad Materials or Environmental Subsidence?; Beyond Ujamaa: Tanzania's Post-Peasant Economy and Society; Katoro-Buserere: Nyerere's Model or Deviant Settlement?; Nyerere's Agrarian Blueprint Reconsidered; Bibliography; CHAPTER FIVE. SMALLHOLDER AGRICULTURE IN TANZANIA - CAN ECONOMIC LIBERALISATION KEEP ITS PROMISES?; Background; External Versus Internal Causes; Economic Liberalisation

The Growth Performance of Tanzanian Agriculture in The First Decade of Liberalisation Possible causes; Concluding Remarks; References; CHAPTER SIX. GENDER DIMENSIONS OF LAND CONFLICTS: EXAMPLES FROM NJOMBE AND MASWA DISTRICTS IN TANZANIA; Introduction; The Land Tenure-Gender Discourse; Description of Customary Land Tenure; Analysis for Evidence; Policy Implications; Conclusion; References; Annex 1. Location of Study Area; Annex 2. Formal Institutions for Land administration and Conflict Resolution in Tanzania

CHAPTER SEVEN. DYNAMISM OF NATURAL RESOURCE POLICIES AND IMPACT ON FORESTRY IN TANZANIA Background; Forest resources: Natural and plantations forest; Institutional transition and impacts in forestry; Forest governance; Collaborative Forest Management: paradigm take-over; Participatory Forest Management constraints; Conclusion and Recommendations; Reference; CHAPTER EIGHT. TRENDS IN CORRUPTION DURING THE MKAPA ERA - WHO WANTS TO KNOW?; Introduction; Governance and corruption, poverty and growth; Trends in governance and corruption in Tanzania; Unbundling corruption and 'corruption control'

Voice and accountability

Sommario/riassunto

This book is the first comprehensive contribution to understanding the character of important societal transitions in Tanzania during Benjamin Mkapa's presidency (1995- 2005). The analyses of the trajectory of these transitions are conducted against the background of the development model of Tanzanian's first president, Julius Nyerere (1961-1985), a model with lasting influence on the country. This approach enables an understanding of continuities and discontinuities in Tanzania over time in areas such as development strategy an ideology, agrarian-land, gender and forestry issues, economic