ISBN:
9780815385974
,
9781351176156
,
9781351176132
,
9781351176125
,
9781351176149
Language:
English
Pages:
xi, 131 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Edition:
First published
Series Statement:
Routledge studies in urbanism and the city
DDC:
307.7609724
Keywords:
Infrastructure (Economics)
;
Citizenship
;
Cities and towns
;
Public welfare Political aspects
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Staatsbürger
;
Stadtsoziologie
;
Stadtleben
;
Daseinsvorsorge
;
Subsaharisches Afrika
Abstract:
"This edited collection brings together a range of urban scholars, and uses empirical case studies from the global south, to explicitly develop the connections between infrastructure and citizenship. Using examples from Asia and Africa, the book demonstrates the ways in which adopting an 'infrastructural citizenship' lens illuminates a broader understanding of the material and civic nature of urban life for both citizens and the state, while also demonstrating the importance of acknowledging and understanding the dialectic relationship between infrastructure and citizenship for urban theory and practice. Grounded in examples of housing, water, electricity and sanitation from across South Africa, Zambia, Uganda and India, the chapters reveal the ways in which that exploring citizenship through an infrastructural lens, and infrastructure through a citizenship lens, illuminates not only each concept/practice, but also provides the means for scholars, activities and policymakers' to more effectively understand, plan and govern city life. This book will be useful resource for researchers and students within Urban Studies, Geography, Development Studies, Planning, Politics, Architecture and Sociology"
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
