LEADER 03948nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910786870703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a2-86978-565-8 010 $a2-86978-567-4 035 $a(CKB)2670000000371029 035 $a(EBL)1190901 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001071317 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11603198 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001071317 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11114214 035 $a(PQKB)10024855 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1190901 035 $a(OCoLC)849923928 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse27953 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1190901 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10701907 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL753591 035 $a(OCoLC)850161813 035 $a(PPN)198684738 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000371029 100 $a20130603d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aValues and development in Southern Africa$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by Hans Mu?ller, Pinkie Mekgwe, Marvellous Mhloyi 210 $aDakar, Senegal $cCouncil for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (266 p.) 225 0 $aCodesria book series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-336-22305-7 311 $a2-86978-554-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $asection I. Introducing the issues -- section II. Theoretical reflections -- section III. Exploratory empirical investigations. 330 $aDevelopment has been on Africai?s agenda for a long time but progress has been both varied and limited, partly due to the diverse levelsof the discussions ont he challenges and the interventions for tackling them. Africai?s greatest challenge is the uneven development within and between its countries, and the pressing issues of extreme poverty in southern Africa, and the continent as a whole. Poverty causes its victims to suffer social exclusion and political repression. In addition, societies that experience poverty are also mostly under continuous threat of ecological disasters and diseases. All poor people are therefore plagued by loss of freedom and dignity, and are often unable to participate effectively in the political, economic, legal and social processes of their countries. This book focuses on the social and cultural dimensions of development dynamics and, in particular, the role of values in shaping development. Values are at the core of the hopes and aspirations of individuals, communities and societies. The book therefore explains the values that motivate and inform African communities and societies, with a view to facilitating a dialogue about sustainable development in Africa among academics, intellectuals, policy and decisionmakers, and the communities. It also investigates the social and cultural dynamics of development in Africa, as a better alternative to earlier studies that blame African culture for poverty and exclude the people of Africa in their definition of developments in the continent. The significance of this book lies in its provision of a theoretical argument, from empirical perspective, on the role of values in the development of Africa; an argument that is capable of facilitating a dialogue about African development, which obviously proves more useful than either the imposition of a technical process or the announcement of a normative framework. 410 0$aCodesria book series. 607 $aAfrica, Southern$xHistory 676 $a337.1 676 $a337.16 701 $aMu?ller$b Hans$0416252 701 $aMekgwe$b Pinkie$01532351 701 $aMhloyi$b Marvellous$01532352 712 02$aCodesria. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786870703321 996 $aValues and development in Southern Africa$93778487 997 $aUNINA