Cultural capital and the sustainability of NGOs’ development programs in Zimbabwe: an integrative approach
http://dx.doi.org.access.msu.ac.zw:2048/10.5539/jsd.v5n10p89
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| spelling | ir-11408-8222022-06-27T13:49:06Z Cultural capital and the sustainability of NGOs’ development programs in Zimbabwe: an integrative approach Mpofu, Phillip Cultural Capital Development Programs NGOs Cultural Sustainability http://dx.doi.org.access.msu.ac.zw:2048/10.5539/jsd.v5n10p89 This paper examines the compatibility of the development programs which are implemented by the Non-Governmental Organizations’ (NGOs) in the Midlands, Matabeleland and Masvingo provinces of Zimbabwe with the cultural sustainability and sustainable development in these cultural communities. This paper argues for the integration of cultural capital in the developmental projects which are implemented by the NGOs in the provinces of Zimbabwe. This paper is based on the data which was collected from five NGOs and six cultural communities which are the beneficiaries of the NGOs’ development programs. The theoretical underpinnings of this paper are situated in cultural conservatism, a philosophy which valorises the traditional cultural institutions and the organic change of these cultural communities. This study establishes that, the programs implemented by the NGOs in Zimbabwe are predetermined and are detached from the cultures of the communities in which they are implemented. In view of the argument that culture is an important component in development, both as cultural capital and in defining development, this paper concludes that the prescriptive NGOs’ development programs are detrimental to cultural sustainability and sustainable development in Zimbabwe. Therefore, this paper argues that there is need to integrate the cultural capital of the communities in the designing and implementation of the NGOs development programs in Zimbabwe. 2016-04-07T10:39:53Z 2016-04-07T10:39:53Z 2012 Article 1913-9063 http://hdl.handle.net/11408/822 en Journal of Sustainable Development; open Canadian Center of Science and Education |
| spellingShingle | Cultural Capital Development Programs NGOs Cultural Sustainability Mpofu, Phillip Cultural capital and the sustainability of NGOs’ development programs in Zimbabwe: an integrative approach |
| title | Cultural capital and the sustainability of NGOs’ development programs in Zimbabwe: an integrative approach |
| title_full | Cultural capital and the sustainability of NGOs’ development programs in Zimbabwe: an integrative approach |
| title_fullStr | Cultural capital and the sustainability of NGOs’ development programs in Zimbabwe: an integrative approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cultural capital and the sustainability of NGOs’ development programs in Zimbabwe: an integrative approach |
| title_short | Cultural capital and the sustainability of NGOs’ development programs in Zimbabwe: an integrative approach |
| title_sort | cultural capital and the sustainability of ngos’ development programs in zimbabwe: an integrative approach |
| topic | Cultural Capital Development Programs NGOs Cultural Sustainability |
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