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Title: | Informed community participation in economic development: stories about the black taxi industry |
Author: | Samson, Dirk |
Year: | 1994 |
Periodical: | Urban Forum |
Volume: | 5 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 61-72 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | South Africa |
Subjects: | popular participation nonformal education taxis |
External link: | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF03036592 |
Abstract: | This paper argues that for communities in South Africa to be effectively engaged in participative planning in relation to economic development, they and the planners need to be empowered by being properly informed about the economics of development. As members of these communities are unlikely to have a formal education in economics, the role of stories is examined. A review of news stories in the popular press shows that these stories are much like parables. The extent to which communities are properly informed by these stories is considered, and the question of what stories should be selected is discussed. The black taxi industry, which has featured extensively in the news in recent years and which has also been the subject of a number of academic papers, is used to support the arguments. Bibliogr. |