Community Development in Sub-Saharan Africa

1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-76383-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 186 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

Reihe: Community Development Research and Practice Series

Community Development in Sub-Saharan Africa explores the dynamics of community development thinking, processes, and approaches in contemporary sub-Saharan Africa. This edited collection prioritizes how localized community processes foster transformation in resource-poor communities. The book emphasizes examples of community resilience and recovery using locally informed approaches that respect local cultures and ways of being. The book further highlights the formative, yet understudied role of community development practice in sub-Saharan Africa, focusing on how local actions are critical in reducing poverty, enhancing local innovations and sustainability, diversifying livelihoods, and strengthening the architecture for transformative futures. The primary audience is scholars and students with interests in community development, history of development, international development, African Studies, and development theorizing, as well as community development policymakers and practitioners.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Magaiza, Grey

Maistry, Savathrie Margie

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Historische & Regionale Volkskunde
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Innen-, Bildungs- und Bevölkerungspolitik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Jahrbücher, Jahresbände und Almanache
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Sozialpolitik
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regional- & Raumplanung Stadtplanung, Kommunale Planung
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Städtebau, Stadtplanung (Architektur)
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Architektur: Berufspraxis
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziale Ungleichheit, Armut, Rassismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Architektur: Allgemeines
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Wohnen & Obdachlosigkeit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Community Development in the Global South: Perspectives from Sub-Saharan Africa  Section One: Histories, Contexts and Conceptual Perspectives of Community Development in Sub-Saharan Africa 1. (Re)telling the History of Community Development in South Africa 2. History and emergence of community development in Nigeria: a descriptive perspective 3. Evolving pathways – Historical Evolution of Community Development Approaches in Africa  Section Two: Philosophical and Theoretical Perspectives of Community Development in Sub-Saharan Africa 4. Ontology and Epistemology of Endogenous Development – Implications on Indigenous Cosmovision for Community Development in Sub-Saharan Africa 5. Critical Realism: A Critical Evaluation in the Context of Community Development in Sub-Saharan Africa 6. Decolonisation and Decoloniality of the 21st Century – An Antidote for Elusive (Community) Development? 7. Theorising Community Development in Africa – Insights and Approaches  Section Three: Community Development Praxis in Sub-Saharan Africa 8. Higher Education Community Engagement and its Contribution to Community Development in South Africa – A Case Study of Rhodes University Community Engagement 9. Enhancing Water Access to Empower Women and Foster Community Development – Insights from the Phaloni Solar Water Project in Phalombe, Malawi 10. Community Development as a Process and Method – Insights from Northwestern Botswana 11. Transitioning From a Rural to Urban Centre – a Case of Domboshava in Pre-Colonial and Post-Colonial Eras in Zimbabwe 12. The Role of Community-Based Praxis in Community Development – Lessons from Grassroots Initiatives on the Eastern Coast of Tanzania 13. Informal Waste Picking as a Sustainable Livelihood Initiative and Potential for Human and Community Development: A Case of Metal Waste Pickers in OR Tambo District Municipality, Eastern Cape South Africa

Über Autor(innen)

Grey Magaiza is a Senior Lecturer in Community Development and is currently Deputy Director for the Centre for Gender and Africa Studies (CGAS) on the QwaQwa Campus. His research interests are in social theoretical integration and applied social research in rural development, border studies, and community development-particularly social entrepreneurship, rural innovation, and youth studies.

Savathrie Margie Maistry is currently a Research Associate at Rhodes University. She was a member of the national task team established by the Department of Social Development, Community Development Directorate in South Africa, for the professionalisation of community development. She is the chief editor of the online, open-access African Journal of Higher Education Community Engagement.