Governing Cities in Africa

Autorentext

Simon Bekker is Emeritus Professor in Sociology at the University of Stellenbosch. He acted as Professor of Development Studies at Rhodes University, Professor of Sociology at UNISA and Director of the Centre for Social and Development Studies at the (then) University of Natal (Durban). He has held visiting fellow appointments at Oxford University, the Centre d'Etude d'Afrique Noire in France, the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS), Uppsala in Sweden and has lectured at summer schools organized by CODESRIA in Dakar, Senegal. He obtained a PhD in Sociology from the University of Cape Town in 1974.

Klappentext

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.

Inhalt

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.