Delegated Despotism
Frontiers of Agrarian Labour on aSouthAfrican Border Farm
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2285478 |
|---|---|
| Authors | L Addison (0000-0002-4088-108X, Department of Anthropology Rutgers University 131 George Street New Brunswick New Jersey USA 08901, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 286-304 |
| Publication date | 2014-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Agrarian Change (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1471-0358 • E-ISSN: 1471-0366 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/joac.12062 |
| OpenAlex | W2112324056 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 28 |
How do labour regimes change as large-scale agriculture depends increasingly on temporary labour? TheSouthAfrican side of theLimpopo River, which marks its border withZimbabwe, is populated with large-scale fruit and vegetable farms that are heavily dependent on temporary labour. Drawing on ethnographic research conducted on a border farm in 2009-10, the paper explores howZimbabwean managers are central to the control of labour in this area. As the interface between the farm owner and the mass of temporary workers, managers are tasked with containing the instability attendant upon the employment of a highly fluid and disaffected workforce. The expansive and many-faceted role of black managers both disrupts and reproduces the circuits of paternalistic power. The potential for benevolence within paternalism is minimized, while the scope for arbitrary decision-making by owners and management remains largely intact
Agrarian society · Agriculture · Bargaining power · Business · Economic growth · Economics · Farm workers · Geography · Market economy · Paternalism · Political science · Power (physics · Scale (ratio · Scope (computer science · Workforce · African history and culture studies · African studies and sociopolitical issues · Law · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,78 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2024 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |