1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778484703321

Autore

Beall Jo <1952->

Titolo

Uniting a divided city : governance and social exclusion in Johannesburg / / Jo Beall, Owen Crankshaw, Susan Parnell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Sterling, Va. : , : Earthscan Publications, , 2002

ISBN

1-136-54950-1

1-4175-2238-0

600-00-0258-0

9786610475797

1-136-54951-X

1-280-47579-X

1-84977-365-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p. ) : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

CrankshawOwen

ParnellSue

Disciplina

306/.096822/1

Soggetti

Social change - South Africa - Johannesburg

Urban renewal - South Africa - Johannesburg

Community development - South Africa - Johannesburg

Municipal services - South Africa - Johannesburg

Marginality, Social - South Africa - Johannesburg

Johannesburg (South Africa) Social conditions

Johannesburg (South Africa) Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [214]-229) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Part 1: Ways of Understanding Divided Cities - Introduction to a Divided City * Reverberations from a Divided City * Part 2: The Changing Spatial Structure of the City - Beyond Racial Fordism: Changing Patterns of Social Inequality * Post-Fordist Polarization: The Changing Spatial Order of the City * Part 3: Institutional Responses to Urban Change - Decentralization by Stealth: Democratization or Disempowerment through Developmental Local Government? * the Politics of Fiscal Austerity in Creating Equitable City Government * Part 4: Living in a Divided City - the Inner-city Challenge: Locating Partners for Urban



Regeneration * Participatory Planning and Informal Settlement Upgrading in Diepsloot * Housing and Service Consumption in Soweto * the People Behind the Walls: Insecurity, Identity and gated Communities * Conclusion: Lessons from a Uniting City * Notes * References * Index

Sommario/riassunto

Decision-makers in cities worldwide have attempted to balance harsh fiscal and administrative realities with growing demands for political, economic and social justice. This text looks at approaches to urban economic development in Johannesburg.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910148739803321

Titolo

Selected letters of Vernon Lee, 1856–1935 . Volume I 1865-1884 / / edited by Amanda Gagel, Sophie, Geoffroy ; translators, Sophie Geoffroy, Crystal Hall, Christa Zorn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2017-

ISBN

9781315537764

1315537761

9781134976805

1134976801

9781134976737

1134976739

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (768 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Pickering Masters Series

Altri autori (Persone)

GagelAmanda

GeoffroySophie

HallCrystal

ZornChrista <1954->

Disciplina

823.8

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Volume I, 1865-1884.

Sommario/riassunto

Vernon Lee was the pen name of Violet Paget - a prolific author best known for her supernatural fiction, her support of the Aesthetic



Movement and her radical polemics. She was an active correspondent who included many well-known figures among her circle. This scholarly edition of her letters makes a selection from more than 30 archives worldwide.