Organization and (De)mobilization of Farmworkers in Zimbabwe
Reflections on Trade Unions, NGOs and Political Parties
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2285481 |
|---|---|
| Authors | B Rutherford (0000-0003-4066-7099, Carleton University – Sociology & Anthropology 1125 Colonel By Drive Ottawa K1S 5B6 Canada, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 214-239 |
| 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.12065 |
| OpenAlex | W1909340223 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 51 |
This paper examines the 'labour question' in light of the wider agrarian questions, with a focus on the ways to understand activities of trade unions, NGOs and political parties as key actors in seeking to mobilize farmworkers. Drawing on research on farmworkers in Zimbabwe and engaging with literature concerning farm labour in the drastic changes to large-scale agriculture in this country since 2000, the paper emphasizes the importance of examining the wider terrain of politics that influences the actions and abilities of extra-farm organizations to operate with farmworkers. Through critically engaging with the wider literature concerning the political economy of farm labour, the paper proposes the importance of attending to what it calls the 'cultural politics of belonging', which strongly shapes both the forms of attachment of farmworkers and farm dwellers to the farms and the strategies of mobilization and demobilization taken by these organizations. Through attending to such relationships and the wider terrain of politics, this paper proposes an alternative analysis to those currently found in the polarized literature on farmworkers and the Fast Track Land Redistribution Programme in Zimbabwe
Agrarian society · Agriculture · Demobilization · Economic growth · Economics · Mobilization · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Redistribution (election · Sociology · African history and culture studies · African studies and sociopolitical issues · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,36 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2021 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |