ISBN:
9781849773652
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (254 pages)
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Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306/.096822/1
Keywords:
Johannesburg
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Electronic books
Abstract:
For many, Johannesburg resembles the imagined spectre of the urban future. Global anxieties about catastrophic urban explosion, social fracture, environmental degradation, escalating crime and violence, and rampant consumerism alongside grinding poverty, are projected onto this city as a microcosm of things to come. Decision-makers in cities worldwide have attempted to balance harsh fiscal and administrative realities with growing demands for political, economic and social justice. This book investigates pragmatic approaches to urban economic development, service delivery, spatial restructuring, environmental sustainability and institutional reform in Johannesburg. It explores the conditions and processes that are determining the city's transformation into a cosmopolitan metropole and magnet for the continent.
Abstract:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- List of Acronyms and Abbreviations -- PART 1: WAYS OF UNDERSTANDING DIVIDED CITIES -- Chapter 1: Introduction to a Divided City -- Introduction -- Organization Of The Book -- Chapter 2: Reverberations from a Divided City -- Johannesburg As A 21st-Century City -- Ways Of Seeing Divided Cities -- Ways Of Governing Divided Cities -- Social Institutions In Divided Cities -- Making The Connections: Social Exclusion In Divided Cities -- PART 2: THE CHANGING SPATIAL STRUCTURE OF THE CITY -- Chapter 3: Beyond Racial Fordism: Changing Patterns of Social Inequality -- Introduction -- From Racial Apartheid To Social Polarization In Johannesburg -- The Changing Political Economy Of Johannesburg -- Social Polarization In Johannesburg: Deindustrialization, Urbanization And Unemployment -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4: Post-Fordist Polarization: The Changing Spatial Order of the City -- Introduction -- Racial Fordism In Johannesburg -- The Post-Fordist Spatial Order -- Conclusion -- PART 3: INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSES TO URBAN CHANGE -- Chapter 5: Decentralization by Stealth: Democratization or Disempowerment through Developmental Local Government? -- Introduction -- The Deracialization And Decolonization Of Local Government -- The Decentralization Paradox Of The South African Local Government Transition -- The Design Of Democratic Local Government -- Conclusion -- Chatper 6: The Politics of Fiscal Austerity in Creating Equitable City Government -- Introduction -- Crisis? What Crisis? -- What is iGoli 2002? -- Is iGoli 2002 A Policy That Can Unite A Divided City? -- Conclusion -- PART 4: LIVING IN A DIVIDED CITY -- Chapter 7: The Inner-city Challenge: Locating Partners for Urban Regeneration -- Introduction -- The Case For Inner-City Regeneration In Johannesburg.
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