Emerging Johannesburg : perspectives on the postapartheid city / / edited by Richard Tomlinson. [and others]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910464247603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013
• ISBN: 1-317-79423-0; 1-315-81100-6; 1-317-79424-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (322 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): TomlinsonRichard <1952->
• Disciplina: 306/.096822/1
• Soggetti: Electronic books.; Johannesburg (South Africa) Social conditions; Johannesburg (South Africa) Politics and government
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: First published in 2003 by Routledge.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Section I REORGANIZING SPACE; 1 The Postapartheid Struggle for an Integrated Johannesburg; 2 Villas of the Highveld: A Cultural Perspective on Johannesburg and Its "Northern Suburbs"; 3 The Race, Class, and Space of Shopping; 4 New Forms of Class and Racial Segregation: Ghettos or Ethnic Enclaves?; 5 Property Investors and Decentralization: A Case of False Competition?; Section II EXPERIENCING CHANGE; 6 Making a Living in the City: The Case of Clothing Manufacturers; 7 Violent Crime in Johannesburg; 8 On Belonging and Becoming in African CitiesPhotographic Essay: Rodney Place and ZAR Works, Johannesburg: RETREKS, Post-CARDS (1999); Section III GOVERNING AND INSTITUTION BUILDING; 9 Reclaiming Democratic Spaces: Civics and Politics in Posttransition Johannesburg; 10 HIV/AIDS: Implications for Local Governance, Housing, and Delivery of Services; 11 Social Differentiation and Urban Governance in Greater Soweto: A Case Study of Postapartheid Meadowlands; 12 The Limits of Law: Social Rights and Urban Development; 13 Johannesburg Art Gallery and the Urban Future; Section IV REREPRESENTING; 14 Johannesburg's Futures: Beyond Developmentalism and Global Success15 Johannesburg in Flight from Itself: Political Culture Shapes Urban Discourse; About the Editors; Contributing Authors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Johannesburg is most often compared with Sao Paulo and Los Angeles and sometimes even with Budapest, Calcutta and Jerusalem. Johannesburg reflects and informs conditions in cities around the world. As might be expected from such comparisons, South Africa's political transformation has not led to redistribution and inclusive social change in Johannesburg. In Emerging Johannesburg the contributors describe the city's transition from a post apartheid city to one with all too familiar issues such as urban/suburban divide in the city and its relationship to poverty and socio-political powe