Description
A unique collection examining the African urban experience, with a special focus on the causes, consequences and power dynamics of urban inequality.
About the Author
Laura Stark is Professor of ethnology at the University of Jyvaskyla, Finland. She was previously the director of the exchange network Living with Informal Settlements, Tackling Urban Poverty (LIFT UP), funded by the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Annika Bjoernsdotter Teppo is Associate Professor at the Department of Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology at Uppsala University, Sweden. Dr. Teppo has previously headed the cluster for Urban Dynamics at the Nordic Africa Institute, Uppsala, Sweden. She has been granted a title of docent in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Helsinki, Finland.
Reviews
This excellent edited volume continues the tradition of Zed producing work on informality in cities on the African continent. A wide variety of scholars will find much to ponder in these pages. There is a particular focus on the intersections between power inequality and informality, but across a diversity of urban contexts. The ethnographic approaches of the authors bring these diverse contexts to life. * Garth A. Myers, Paul E. Raether Distinguished Professor of Urban International Studies, Trinity College, USA *
Book Information
ISBN 9781786993441
Author Laura Stark
Format Paperback
Page Count 264
Imprint Zed Books Ltd
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 402g