On Belonging and Becoming in African Cities

Municipal administrations are entrusted with ensuring order, equity, and the conditions for productive endeavour. They discharge this responsibility by providing some sense of coherence over who does what where. But exactly what "sense of coherence" is needed by those who inhabit the city?...

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Published inEmerging Johannesburg pp. 123 - 147
Main Authors Gotz, Graeme, Simone, AbdouMaliq
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Routledge 2003
Edition1
Subjects
Sandton City
Taxi Associations
Taxi Rank
Local Government Transition Act
Traders Association
Drug Economy
Joubert Park
Apartment Blocks
Minibus Taxi Industry
Harley Street
Rank Committee
Johannesburg Art Gallery
Dense
Johannesburg Stock Exchange
Long Term Financial Institutions
Foreign Africans
Suspense Account
Johannesburg Metropolitan Council
Survivalist Traders
Deliberate Opening
Street Trading
Africana Museum
Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Council
City Office
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Summary:Municipal administrations are entrusted with ensuring order, equity, and the conditions for productive endeavour. They discharge this responsibility by providing some sense of coherence over who does what where. But exactly what "sense of coherence" is needed by those who inhabit the city? How precisely is this "coherence" structured?
ISBN:041593558X
0415935598
9780415935586
9780415935593
DOI:10.4324/9781315811000-11