Rational and Disjointed Theories

             The essence of international social care is found in the foundation of Zimbabwe’s politics.  Rationalization rose as a response to the problems brought by the urban growth as recorded in 19th century. The solutions in the urban problems incorporated in the plan-making process are through the involvement of forecasting, scientific methods, analyzing the issues and concerns regarding the anticipated social and environmental impacts. The objective of rational theory is to provide the information to aid the government for the analysis and identify the best possible course of action. On the other hand, Disjointed theory has an underpinning argument that the planning practice is different in the planning process and centers more on the political aspect (Mutenheri, 2009). Although the key element of the theory is society, still it is composed of competing interests and the consultations of various policies are based on the peoples’ actual experiences.  In the aspect of empowering the women, this theory is somehow irrelevant because the focus is the strengthening the public interest. There are chances are women’s rights in terms of empowerment might be left behind because of the priorities that coming from the interests of many. Zimbabwe is aware that development process is not an easy task and therefore, the action will solely applied to urban areas, which again might increase the gaps between the urban and rural development. The policy-planning in the country seems intertwined with several of issues which might increase the propensity to elitist approaches that might fail in the end. 

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