Fiona Anciano, Laurence Piper

Democracy Disconnected

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 debates on democracy, power, informality and citizenship to look at how governance is experienced, contested and enforced in Hout Bay, Cape Town.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 395g
• ISBN-13: 9780367280857
• ISBN-10: 036728085X
• Artikelnr.: 56976200

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