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Associational life in African cities : popular responses to the urban crisis

Title: Associational life in African cities : popular responses to the urban crisis / edited by Arne Tostensen, Inge Tvedten, Mariken Vaa.
Publication: [Uppsala] : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, 2001.

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324 p.; 25 cm.

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"Of the 17 chapters in this book, 16 are revised versions of papers presented at Bergen, while Chapter 1 and the introductions to the sub-sections were written after the conference was held"--P. 5.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The urban crisis, governance, and associational life / Arne Tostensen, Inge Tvedten, and Mariken Vaa -- Social networks and urban vulnerability to hunger / Ilda Lourenço-Lindell -- Between ghetto and globe : remaking urban life in Africa / AbdouMaliq Simone -- Women's groups and urban poverty : the Swaziland experience / Miranda Miles -- New generation churches and the provision of welfare : a gender study from Port Harcourt, Nigeria / Yomi Oruwari -- The politics of multiple identities : the making of a home villagers' association in Lilongwe, Malawi / Harri Englund -- Touba : the new dairas and the urban dream / Cheikh Gueye -- The role of civil society in urban management in Accra, Ghana / Katherine V. Gough and Paul W.K. Yankson -- Land-buying companies for urban housing in Eldoret, Kenya / Sarah Karirah Gitau -- Civil society, housing, and urban governance : the case of urban housing co-operatives in Zimbabwe / Amin Y. Kamete II -- Responses to the urban crisis in Cameroon and Congo / Gabriel Tati -- NGOs in urban environmental governance : waste recycling in Cairo / Susanna Myllylä -- Reactions to deteriorating provision of public services in Dar es Salaam / Robert M. Mhamba and Colman Titus -- The changing role of community based organisations in South Africa in the 1990s, with emphasis on their role in development projects / Warren Smit -- Communities and community institutions in Luanda, Angola / Paul Robson -- The legacy of mobilisation from above : participation in a Zanzibar neighborhood / Jørgen Andreasen -- Urban development and community participation in Oshakati, Northern Namibia / Bruce Frayne, Wade Pendleton, and Akiser Pomuti.

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Sc E 02-49

ISBN

9171064656

OCLC

47223223

Title

Associational life in African cities : popular responses to the urban crisis / edited by Arne Tostensen, Inge Tvedten, Mariken Vaa.

Imprint

[Uppsala] : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, 2001.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Tostensen, Arne.

Tvedten, Inge.

Vaa, Mariken.

Associational Life in African Cities: Urban Governance in an Era of Change Conference (1998 : Bergen, Norway)

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Sc E 02-49

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