| Description |
xxxiii, 205 pages : illustrations, maps (some colour) ; 24 cm |
| ISBN |
9780796924162 paperback |
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0796924163 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Boxes -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- Preface -- City profiles. Introduction / Simon Bekker and Laurent Fourchard -- Part 1. Party politics and the politics of identity -- Editors' introduction -- Exploring the role of party politics in the governance of African cities / Claire Bénit-Gbaffou, Alain Dubresson, Laurent Fourchard, Karine Ginisty, Sylvy Jaglin, Ayodeji Olukoju, Sam Owuor and Jeanne Vivet -- Urban planning, housinmg and the making of ''responsible citizens'' in the late colonial period: Dakar, Nairobi and Conakry / Séverine Awenengo Dalberto, Hélèn Charton and Odile Goerg -- Changing minority identities in urban Africa: Cotonou, Kano, Lomé and Maputo / Jeanne Vivet, Denise Brégand, Rasheed Olaniyi and Amandine Spire -- Part 2. Urban public policies: problematising informality : editors' introduction -- Breaking down the binary: meanings of informal settlement in southern African cities / Liela Groenewald, Marie Huchzermeyer, Kristen Kornienko, Marius Tredoux, Margot Rubin and Isabel Raposo -- The politics of solid-waste management in Accra, Addis Ababa, Maputo and Ouagadougou: different cities, similar issues / Jeremy Grest, Axel Baudouin, Camilla Bjerkli and Hélèn Quénot-Suarez -- Informality, public space and urban governance: an approach through street trading (Abijan, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Lomé and Nairobi) / Jean-Fabien Steck, Sophie Didier, Marianne / Morange and Margot Rubin) -- Contested social orders: negotiating urban security in Nigeria and South Africa / Julie Berg, Rufus Akinyele, Laurent Fourchard, Kees van der Waal and Michellene Williams. |
| Library Class |
Sociology M120
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| Subject |
Cities and towns -- Africa.
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Local government -- Africa.
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Political parties -- Africa.
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Urban policy -- Africa.
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Ethnicity -- Political aspects -- Africa.
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City planning -- Africa.
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Africa -- Politics and government -- 1960-
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Africa -- Social conditions -- 1960-
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| Other Author |
Bekker, S. B., editor.
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Fourchard, Laurent, editor.
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| Alt Title |
Politics and policies
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