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04984aam a2200469 i 4500 001 EF41FD501DF111EDA8BEF4A423ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220817010036 008 210303t20212021sa ab b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 1928502156 020 $a 9781928502159 035 $a (OCoLC)1240307619 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d HUL $d YDX $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCLCQ $d UKMGB $d EEM $d HUL $d OCLCO $d VI# $d IaU $d SILO 043 $a f------ 050 4 $a HT148.A2 $b R44 2021 082 04 $a 307.76096 $2 23 245 00 $a Refractions of the national, the popular and the global in African cities / $c edited by Simon Bekker, Sylvia Croese and Edgar Pieterse. 264 1 $a Cape Town, South Africa : $b African Minds, $c 2021. 300 $a vi, 187 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 25 cm 520 $a "Case studies of metropolitan cities in nine African countries - from Egypt in the north to three in West and Central Africa, two in East Africa and three in Southern Africa - make up the empirical foundation of this publication. The interrelated themes addressed in these chapters - the national influence on urban development, the popular dynamics that shape urban development and the global currents on urban development - make up its framework. All authors and editors are African, as is the publisher. The only exception is GoÌran Therborn whose recent book, Cities of Power, served as motivation for this volume. Accordingly, the issue common to all case studies is the often conflictual powers that are exercised by national, global and popular forces in the development of these African cities. Rather than locating the case studies in an exclusively African historical context, the focus is on the trajectories of the postcolonial city (with the important exception of Addis Ababa with a non-colonial history that has granted it a special place in African consciousness). These trajectories enable comparisons with those of postcolonial cities on other continents. This, in turn, highlights the fact that Africa - today, the least urbanised continent on an increasingly urbanised globe - is in the thick of processes of large-scale urban transformation, illustrated in diverse ways by the case studies that make up the foundation of this publication"--Publisher's description. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 00 $t Conclusion : African cities in the world of today and tomorrow / $r GoÌran Therborn and Alan Mabin. $t Introduction / $r Simon Bekker, Sylvia Croese and Edgar Pieterse -- $g Part III. $t The national in urban Africa -- $t National projects in a postcolonial capital city : The example of YaoundeÌ / $r Jean-Pierre Togolo -- $t Lip service : How voices from informal settlements were sidelined during the first decade of local democracy in South Africa / $r Liela Groenewald -- $t Centralised urban governance in the Greater Cairo City Region : A critical understanding of key challenges and responses / $r Amr Abdelaal, Hajer Awatta, Omar Nagati, Salwa Salman and Marwa Shykhon -- $t Traditional chiefs and traditional authority in Kinshasa / $r Philippe Ibaka Sangu -- $g Part II. $t The popular in urban Africa -- $t Local government as the stage for resistance : Strategies and tactics of opposing mega projects in Gauteng / $r Margot Rubin -- $t Popular protests and the limits of civil society in the struggle for democracy in Zimbabwe, 2011 to 2016 / $r Ngonidzashe Marongwe -- $t 'We will be back to the street!' : Protest and the 'empires' of water in Nairobi / $r Wangui Kimari -- $g Part III. $t The global in urban Africa -- $t Africa's new Dubai? Intersections between the global and the local in the redevelopment of the Bay of Luanda, Angola / $r Sylvia Croese -- $t Urban governance and smart future cities in Nigeria : Lagos flagship projects as springboard? / $r Muyiwa Elijah Agunbiade, Oluwafemi Olajide and Hakeem Bishi -- $t The governance of Addis Ababa Light Rail Transit / $r Meseret Kassahun -- $t Conclusion : African cities in the world of today and tomorrow / $r GoÌran Therborn and Alan Mabin. 650 0 $a Urbanization $z Africa. 650 0 $a Cities and towns $z Africa. 650 0 $a Postcolonialism $z Africa. 650 0 $a Sociology, Urban $z Africa. 650 0 $a Urbanization $z Africa $v Case studies. 650 0 $a City planning $z Africa $v Case studies. 650 7 $a Cities and towns. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00861748 650 7 $a City planning. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00862177 650 7 $a Postcolonialism. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01073032 650 7 $a Sociology, Urban. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01123961 650 7 $a Urbanization. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01162722 651 7 $a Africa. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01239509 655 7 $a Case studies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423765 655 7 $a Case studies. $2 lcgft 700 1 $a Bekker, S. B., $e editor. 700 1 $a Croese, Sylvia, $e editor. 700 1 $a Pieterse, E. A. $q (Edgar A.), $e editor. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117012543.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=EF41FD501DF111EDA8BEF4A423ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search