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Health and Urban Informal Settlements in Zimbabwe: Helth Challenges in Informal Settlements - Couverture souple

Gukurume, Simbarashe

 
9783848423453: Health and Urban Informal Settlements in Zimbabwe: Helth Challenges in Informal Settlements
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3848423456 ISBN 13 : 9783848423453
Editeur : LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

This book explores the health related challenges in Masvingo's Informal Settlements in lieu of lack of basic health amenities in these settlements.The crux of this book is on understanding how people living in these settlements respond to these health related challenges confronting them.The book unearthes how people in these settlements negotiate and maneouvre their way through these health challenges by devising a plethora of coping strategies.The author consequently drew the conclusion that people living in Informal Settlements are not passive dupes and pawns who are perpetually and helplessly victimised by their challenges.Infact, these people are rational strategists who expertly deal with their challenges with bona fide credentials in dealing with these health related challenges.The fundamental arguments in this book confirms arguments by Giddens that the structure is both constraining and emancipating since it is these health challenges that compelled informal settlers to devise coping strategies to deal with lack of health amenities.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This book explores the health related challenges in Masvingo's Informal Settlements in lieu of lack of basic health amenities in these settlements.The crux of this book is on understanding how people living in these settlements respond to these health related challenges confronting them.The book unearthes how people in these settlements negotiate and maneouvre their way through these health challenges by devising a plethora of coping strategies.The author consequently drew the conclusion that people living in Informal Settlements are not passive dupes and pawns who are perpetually and helplessly victimised by their challenges.Infact, these people are rational strategists who expertly deal with their challenges with bona fide credentials in dealing with these health related challenges.The fundamental arguments in this book confirms arguments by Giddens that the structure is both constraining and emancipating since it is these health challenges that compelled informal settlers to devise coping strategies to deal with lack of health amenities.

Biographie de l'auteur

Simbarashe Gukurume is a holder of an advanced MSc degree in Sociology and Social Anthropology as well as a BSc honours degree in Sociology all from the University of Zimbabwe.He is also a PhD candidate at Rhodes University .He is working as a lecturer and consultant at Great Zimbabwe University.He has published several articles in reputed journals

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Éditeur
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3848423456
ISBN 13 
9783848423453
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
64
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