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Alter-nation? Factions, Coalitions and Environmental Governance in the Context of Contested Post-apartheid Local State Democratisation

transition was widely lauded as a textbook case, yet declining support for the political incumbent, factionalism, the phenomena of “state-capture” and the decline of state-owned entities has raised questions ... ) hegemony. Limited research in South Africa (SA) focuses on the influence of political contest - including alternation, coalition formation and factionalism on municipal Environmental Governance (EG

The Uncanny Capital: Mapping the Historical Spatial Evolution of Windhoek

This paper has traced the historic spatial development of Windhoek through five distinct socio-political epochs. These different periods’ spatial, aesthetic, and representational effects on the ... the late eighteenth century, bringing significant political, social, and economic change to central and southern South-West Africa.2 These changes included the Cape Colonial and transatlantic slave

Unpacking the Addis Ababan Exceptionalism—Living and Making Sense of Violent Protests in Ethiopia’s Capital

article finds that, due to the city’s multi-ethnic character and the residents’ strong metropolitan identity, ethnic identity has not constituted a powerful tool for political mobilisation of residents ... . ( 2017 ). The politics of developmentalism, citizenship and urban youth in Addis Ababa , Ethiopia [Thesis - Doctor of Philosophy].University of Manchester. Terrefe , B. ( 2020 ). Urban layers of political

“We Closed Down Mpape on the Judgement Day”: Resistance and Place-Making in Urban Informal Settlements in Abuja, Nigeria

analytic lens with which to explore the discursive, political, and material strategies used by individuals and communities to resist the threats of displacement. Through ethnographic fieldwork in Mabushi and ... , and give meaning to their everyday places in relation to or as a response to persistent threats of displacement. We see place-making as a political endeavour and draw attention to the choices people

Armed Conflict and Urbanization in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique: A Methodology for a Critical Inquiry

against the state: the historical political favouring of some ethnic groups; the eviction of local populations from their lands by extractive industries, and their exclusion from the economic benefits; the ... individual and collective dynamics between institutions and citizens; cities are spatial, social, economic, political and environmental terrains of human interaction, privileged contexts of conflict due to

Reaching High: Translating Emergent Practices of Street-Level Drug Users to Institute Harm Reduction in Durban—Implications for Urban Governance

governance processes and demonstrates the power of political opportunities, the transformative role of unexpected consequences, and the importance of informed political leadership. It also shows how multi ... routes, demand for drugs is contingent on political context and socio-economic drivers (Jewkes et  al., 2010) . As a result of changing global distribution flows from the Middle East, heroin reaches

The Past in Present African Urban Mobility Systems: Towards a Mobilities Longue Durée

shaped. Shaped not only by the distant historical factors but also by enduring cultural norms, post-apartheid political dynamics and emergent family and community ties in their study sites. In Lenasia and ... contemporary political neglect and gender norms. A key factor that makes Denver unique from their other two study sites is historical household formation. Men in Denver endure long journeys in search of economic

Entrepreneurship and the Promises of Inclusive Urban Development in Ethiopia

entrepreneurial education has a positive effect on their decision to be engaged in entrepreneurial activities. The government needs to minimize its political intervention in entrepreneurship programs. ... , securing livelihoods, creating decent jobs and promoting social and political stability (UN, 2015a) . Given the contributions of the informal sector to the economy of the LDCs, protecting the earnings and

Integrating risk management concepts into the drilling non-productive time

a sound technique to evaluate operational losses or wastes of many resources, including time. This paper presents an attempt to couple RM techniques with NPT philosophy together with other concepts ... professional development conference and exposition , Seattle, Washington, 11 - 14 June, ASSE- 06 -544E Pareto V , Page A ( 1971 ) Translation of manuale di economia politica “manual of political economy”, A.M

Zarys dziejów pierwszego gimnazjum żeńskiego w Krakowie (1896–1948)

final secondary school exams, required for university admission. The first women’s gymnasium was shaped by the times it operated in, which were characterised by political instability as well as social and

Katedra i Zakład Historii Kultury i Oświaty Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego (1920–2020)

has enjoyed significant popularity and was attended by students of various political orientations and national identities. Between 1925 and 1939, Kot promoted 22 doctors and four of his students

The Impacts of Peri-Urban Expansion on Municipal and Ecosystem Services: Experiences from Makhado Biaba Town, South Africa

socio-political and cultural aspects such as formal or informal forms of governance. Currently, given the local circumstances and pressure for land and housing, peri-urban areas emerge as a key urban and ... includes political, sociopolitical and politico-religious structures which are rooted in the pre-colonial rather than in the formations of colonial and post-colonial states.” This also implies an alternative

The Hirschfeld Equation and the Queer Afro-Modern

the countryside and the city—the “traditional” and the “modern”—that drive the discourse of urbanism. Particularly given the way political discourse has instrumentalized queer people from the global ... -wavers, charged with promoting an illegal organization. Many were tortured. At the core of this political homophobia in the twenty-first century, today—from Eastern Europe through Asia to Africa—is the

“Nimble Sociality and Belonging”: an Ethnography of Migrants’ Responses to Bans on Associational Life During the COVID-19 Pandemic

local ZANU PF political party chairperson), and finally mukuru wevechidiki (the local ZANU PF political party youth chairman). It is common for these leaders to oscillate between Lydiate and the towns of ... when people would gather at will to discuss various matters ranging from community updates, projects, and political part party meetings. During a phone call interview with Community Leader Matambo, he

Shale gas: a step toward sustainable energy future

factors such as political matters, wars, social and economic aspects, and exploration techniques. Depending on the recoverable reserve (RR), production of shale gas entails different methods and with a ... prevailing in that particular region. As the administration introduces new policies, this can lead to political and economic turmoil. Therefore, widespread corruption, weak institutional and government support

Informal Tyre Dealers in South Africa: an Assessment of Their Contributions to a Circular Economy

that urban informality should be viewed as a “site of critical analysis, [which] requires a more complex understanding of the political economy of urban informality across spatial, economic and political

‘If I Had My House, I’d Feel Free’: Housing and the (Re)Productions of Citizenship in Cape Town, South Africa

material and temporal differences in housing infrastructure is the construction of temporary relocation areas (TRAs). The multifaceted challenges with the TRAs in Delft illustrate the political nature of ... TRAs in Delft illustrate the political nature of housing infrastructure as reported by (Lemanski 2019a, b) and how citizen-making is shaped in and through articulations of formality and informality, and

Producing Planning Knowledge: How Professional PhD Candidates Bridge Research–Practice Divides

its best and most critical, this work also recognises that “doctoral student identity work [is] threaded with political as well as idiosyncratic tensions and unresolved questions” and that “academic ... questions—differentiating the empirical from the theoretical, the political from the academic stake. For instance, we would ask candidates ‘what is it that puzzles you?’, building a research question from

Education system in the Commonwealth’s Eastern Borderlands in the days of the Commission of National Education (1773–1794)

of Bratslav, Kyiv, Podolia and Volhynia, in the geographical, political and administrative context. Owing to their diversity in social, ethnic and religious terms and their distant location, these ... impassable in the spring and autumn when the level of water rose in many waterways and marshes6. In religious terms, the transformation driven by the political developments at the end of the 17th and in the

Queer Infrastructures: Objects of and Orientations towards Urban Research Practice

materially constructed spaces (Ombagi, 2019; Tucker & Hassan, 2020) . From digital worlds (Prinsloo et  al., 20111), to political events (Scott, 2017) , to bureaucratic practices (Camminga, 2019) , this ... , but as material, social, technical, and political assemblages—as ambivalent technologies suspended between multiple possibilities (Pollio and Cirolia, 2022) . This way of seeing infrastructure