Poverty, Class and Gender in Rural Africa: A Tanzanian Case Study

Focussing on a Fieldwork study of the West Usambaras in Tanzania, this study, first published in 1990, deals with processes of class formation and capitalist accumulation, and the dynamics of rural poverty and gender relations. Arguing that rural differentiation is systematically reinforced by the socialist state, the authors offer a critique of government intervention and discuss alternative, more effective forms of policy.

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Poverty, Class and Gender in Rural Africa: A Tanzanian Case Study

Focussing on a Fieldwork study of the West Usambaras in Tanzania, this study, first published in 1990, deals with processes of class formation and capitalist accumulation, and the dynamics of rural poverty and gender relations. Arguing that rural differentiation is systematically reinforced by the socialist state, the authors offer a critique of government intervention and discuss alternative, more effective forms of policy.

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Poverty, Class and Gender in Rural Africa: A Tanzanian Case Study

Poverty, Class and Gender in Rural Africa: A Tanzanian Case Study

Poverty, Class and Gender in Rural Africa: A Tanzanian Case Study

Poverty, Class and Gender in Rural Africa: A Tanzanian Case Study

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Focussing on a Fieldwork study of the West Usambaras in Tanzania, this study, first published in 1990, deals with processes of class formation and capitalist accumulation, and the dynamics of rural poverty and gender relations. Arguing that rural differentiation is systematically reinforced by the socialist state, the authors offer a critique of government intervention and discuss alternative, more effective forms of policy.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781136856785
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 08/06/2012
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Development
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 216
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

John Sender, Sheila Smith

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Methodology 3. The Characteristics of the Rural Poor 4. The Nature of the Labour Supply 5. The Nature of the Accumulation Process 6. Constraints on Accumulation in Tanzania 7. Afterword: Backward Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy

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