Governing Cities in Africa : Politics and Policies

Bekker, Simon (EDT)/ Fourchard, Laurent (EDT)

HSRC Press（2013/04発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 224 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780796924162
• DDC分類 320.85096

Full Description

Studies of government and politics in Africa are dominated by a focus on the national and are typically set apart by anglophone, francophone and lusophone historical influences, with South Africa as an exception. This volume departs from a different set of questions and employs a novel approach in discussing them: cities in sub-Saharan Africa provide the pivot around which issues of policy and practice, planning and service delivery turn, at different scales and both from the top down as well as from the bottom up. Party politics, for example, is discussed at city level and urban security both within a state and a non-state context. The novelty of the approach is found in thematic rather than single-city chapters written by multiple authors each of whom displays depth knowledge of one of three or more cities treated in each case.

This volume will interest scholars of African and of urban studies as well as urban policy-makers and practitioners.

Contents

Section introduction: Party politics and the politics of identity: Exploring the role of party politics in the governance of African cities; urban planning, housing, and the making of 'responsible citizens'; changing minority identities in urban Africa. Section introduction: Urban Public Policies: Problematising Informality: Breaking down the binary: meanings of informal settlement in southern African Cities; the politics of solid waste management in Accra, Addis Ababa, Maputo and Ouagadougou: different cities, similar issues; informality, public space and urban governance: an approach through street trading; contested social orders: negotiating urban security in Nigeria and South Africa.