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State ambitions and peoples’ practices: An exploration of RDP housing in Johannesburg

Charlton, Sarah (University of Sheffield, 2013)

This study investigates the programme’s outcomes in Johannesburg through the perspectives of both RDP beneficiaries and state housing practitioners. Findings transcend the denigration of RDP housing as ‘poorly located’, ...
‘Up close and personal’ - How does local democracy help the poor access the state? Stories of accountability and clientelism in Johannesburg

Benit Gbaffou, Claire (Journal of Asian and African Studies, 2011)

The paper revisits participation and decentralization in relation to local clientelism, arguing that they share the personalization of links between residents and the State and the local possibility to adapt state policies. ...
Urban Resilience Thinking for Municipalities

Harrison, Philip; Bobbins, Kerry; Culwick, Christina; Humby, Tracy-Lynn; La Mantia, Costanza; Todes, Alison; Weakley, Dylan (University of the Witwatersrand, Gauteng City Region Observatory., 2014)

Urban resilience is the 'new kid on the block'. Over the past few years the concept has rapidly gained a central place in spatial and urban planning policy in South Africa........(This article)... is not designed as a ...

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