Politics and the Urban Frontier Transformation and Divergence in Late Urbanizing East Africa

by Goodfellow, Tom

• ISBN13: 9780198916383
• ISBN10: 0198916388
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2024-12-01
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Author Biography

Tom Goodfellow, Professor of Urban Studies and International Development, University of Sheffield

Tom Goodfellow is a Professor of Urban Studies and International Development at the University of Sheffield. His research focuses on the comparative political economy of urban development and change in Africa, particularly the politics of urban land and transportation, conflicts around infrastructure and housing, migration, and urban institutional change. His current and recent research has involved collaborations with a range of institutional partners including Addis Ababa University, Hawassa University, Makerere University, and Wits University. He is co-author of Cities and Development (Routledge 2016), sits on the Board of African Affairs, and is Treasurer of the IJURR Foundation.

Table of Contents

Part I. Urban Tectonics1. East Africa and the politics of late urbanization2. Transformation and divergence: Explaining contemporary urban development trajectoriesPart II. Urban Foundations3. The making of urban territory4. The making of urban economiesPart III. Urban Currents5. New urban visions and the infrastructure boom6. Urban propertyscapes7. Working the city: Vendors, 'untouchables', and street fugitives8. The politics of noise and silence: Negotiation, mobilization, refusalPart IV. Conclusions9. Politics and the urban frontier