Fiona Anciano, Laurence Piper

Democracy Disconnected (eBook, PDF)

Participation and Governance in a City of the South

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Produktbeschreibung

The book explores the disjuncture between urban governance and local democratic politics. It brings together academic debates on democracy, power, informality and citizenship to look at how governance is experienced, contested and enforced in Hout Bay, Cape Town. Qualitative research conducted over an extended period of time is used to explore a series of contests that range from housing and service provision through to smuggling, bringing together elements of development and decision-making that are often treated separately within a coherent understanding of urban politics and rule. This book explores local democracy and governance from a citizen-point of view, bringing together empirical work and theoretical insights to think about how different modes of governance conflict and coexist within the contemporary (Southern) city.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429794308
• Artikelnr.: 54362317

Autorenporträt

Fiona Anciano is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Political Studies at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. Her research areas include civil society, democracy, and urban politics.

Laurence Piper is Professor of Political Studies at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa and visiting Professor at the University West, Sweden. His research area is urban politics in the Global South.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The paradox of more participation and less satisfaction with
democracy 1. The Republic of Hout Bay: A house divided 2. A River of Grime:
governing water and waste 3. Selling the Mountain: property, housing and
neo-apartheid segregation 4. Defending the shack: the politics of
developmental governance 5. Poaching the bay: turning fisherfolk into
smugglers 6. Upgrading Imizamo Yethu: contests of governance and belonging
7. Taxis, Violence and Leadership in Imizamo Yethu 8. Protesting Chapman's
Peak Toll Road: Market governance versus environmental politics 9. Guarding
the bay: securing safety beyond the police Conclusion: democracy,
governance, and neo- apartheid