Rural development in South Africa : a case-study of the Amatola Basin in the Ciskei
Date
1985
Authors
Bowen, J.
Mqingwana, V. G.
Manona, C. W.
Fincham, R. J.
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Publisher
Shuter & Shooter
Abstract
This monograph considers the circumstances of a rural Ciskei
community, and the prospects for their improvement. It results from
a co-operative research venture between the Agricultural and Rural
Development Research Institute (ARDRI) at the University of Fort
Hare and the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER) at
Rhodes University. In 1981 ARDRI approached ISER and asked it to undertake
a socio-economic survey in the Amatola Basin area of
Ciskei near Alice. As a result of the socio-economic survey conducted in mid-1981, it
became clear that further research would be necessary. The overall organization of this monograph is thus based on two sets
of interrelated assumptions, viz. that the Amatola Basin's relationship of dependency on the
wider South African society is largely responsible for both the
low level of opportunity and the wide range of effective
constraints on the development of a stronger local economy and
infrastructure, and of effective administration. This relationship
of dependency is part of an on-going historical process and
appears to have been cumulative; and that the fields selected for more detailed study, viz. education, health, cultivation, local government and externally-initiated
development projects constitute perhaps the key areas
in which people's chances of improvement historically have
been and are currently being held back. With these two assumptions operating as broad guidelines, the
authors have each pursued their own research, having freedom to
cast their findings in comparative and interpretative contexts of
their own choice. While ideas and data have been shared, the
authors each accept responsibility for the content of their own
chapters.
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Keywords
Economic developmen projects -- South Africa -- Amatola Basin, Rural development -- South Africa -- Amatola Basin, Ciskei (South Africa) -- Rural conditions, Ciskei (South Africa) -- Economic conditions, Ciskei (South Africa) -- Social conditions
Citation
De Wet, C.J. & Bekker, S.B. (eds). 1985. Rural development in South Africa: a case-study of the Amatola Basin in the Ciskei. Shuter & Shooter: Pietermaritzburg.