Governing cities in Africa :
Governing cities in Africa : politics and policies /
Politics and policies
edited by Simon Bekker and Laurent Fourchard.
- Cape Town HSRC Press 2013
- xxxiii, 205 pages : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Boxes. Abbreviations and acronyms. Preface. City profiles. 1. Introduction / Simon Bekker and Laurent Fourchard -- Part 1. Party politics and the politics of identity : editors' introduction -- 2. 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 -- 3. 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 -- 4. 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 -- 5. 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 -- 6. 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 -- 7. 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) -- 8. Contested social orders: negotiating urban security in Nigeria and South Africa / Julie Berg, Rufus Akinyele, Laurent Fourchard, Kees van der Waal and Michellene Williams -- Contributors. Index.
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Cities and towns--Africa.
Local government--Africa.
Political parties--Africa.
Urban policy--Africa.
Ethnicity--Political aspects--Africa.
City planning--Africa.
Africa--Politics and government--1960-
Africa--Social conditions--1960-
HT148.A2 / G68 2013
320.85096
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Boxes. Abbreviations and acronyms. Preface. City profiles. 1. Introduction / Simon Bekker and Laurent Fourchard -- Part 1. Party politics and the politics of identity : editors' introduction -- 2. 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 -- 3. 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 -- 4. 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 -- 5. 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 -- 6. 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 -- 7. 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) -- 8. Contested social orders: negotiating urban security in Nigeria and South Africa / Julie Berg, Rufus Akinyele, Laurent Fourchard, Kees van der Waal and Michellene Williams -- Contributors. Index.
9780796924162 0796924163
2012526387
Cities and towns--Africa.
Local government--Africa.
Political parties--Africa.
Urban policy--Africa.
Ethnicity--Political aspects--Africa.
City planning--Africa.
Africa--Politics and government--1960-
Africa--Social conditions--1960-
HT148.A2 / G68 2013
320.85096