Governing urban Africa. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Carlos Nunes Silva, editor.
• Other Names: Silva, Carlos Nunes
• Contents: Notes on Contributors; List of Figures; List of Tables; Chapter 1: Introduction; Notes; References; Part I: Decentralization and Planning Law Reforms; Chapter 2: Local Government and Urban Governance in Lusophone African Countries: From Colonial Centralism to Post-Colonial Slow Decentralization; 1 Introduction; 2 The Colonial Period: Centralization and De-Concentration; 3 The Post-Colonial Period: The First and the Second Republics; 3.1 Cape Verde; 3.2 São Tome and Príncipe; 3.3 Mozambique; 3.4 Angola; 3.5 Guinea-Bissau; 4 Conclusion; Notes; References Legislation: Post-Colonial Period Legislation: Colonial Period; Chapter 3: Urban Governance in a Devolved Kenya; 1 Introduction; 2 Decentralization and Kenya's 2010 Constitution; 3 Devolution and County Governments; 4 Devolution and the Urban Challenge; 5 The Governance of Urban Areas Under Devolution; 6 Devolution: Problems and Prospects; 6.1 The National Government Versus Counties; 6.2 The National Government Versus The National Government; 6.3 Intra-County Struggles; 7 Conclusion; 8 Future Prospects; Notes; References; Legal Documents Chapter 4: Decentralization in Africa: Local Government and Health Care in Ghana, Malawi and Tanzania1 Introduction; 2 Analytical framework; 2.1 Defining Decentralization: Rationale; 2.2 Decentralized Service Delivery: Analytical Framework for Assessment; 3 Health Service Decentralization in Ghana, Malawi and Tanzania; 3.1 Brief Overview of Institutional Frameworks for Health Service Decentralization; Ghana; Tanzania; Malawi; 3.2 Capacity of Decentralised Health Offices to Deliver Services; 3.3 Decision-Making Space; 3.4 Accountability; 3.5 Lessons for improved Implementation; 4 Conclusion Note References; Chapter 5: Planning Law Reforms in Africa: Case Studies From Uganda, South Africa and Nigeria; 1 Introduction: The Rationale for Planning Law Reforms in Africa; 2 Origin of Planning Laws in Africa; 2.1 Land-Use Segregationist Policies; 3 Context and Content of Planning-Law Reforms in Some African Countries; 3.1 The Case of Uganda; 3.2 The Case of South Africa; 3.3 The Nigerian Situation; 4 Planning Law Reforms and the Morphology of African Cities; 5 Contemporary Challenges of Planning-Law Reforms; 6 The Urgency for Relevant Planning-Law Reform; 7 Conclusion; References Part II: Issues and Challenges in Urban Governance Chapter 6: 'Programmed to Serve': Urban Planning and Elite Interests in Zimbabwe; 1 Introduction; 2 Framework for Analysis; 3 Planning and Elite Interests in Harare; 3.1 Promoting Elitist Visions of Order and Modernity; 3.2 Facilitating Primitive Accumulation; 3.3 Defending Elite Interests; 4 On the Subservience of Planning to Elite Interests; 5 Conclusion; Notes; References; Interviews; Chapter 7: Urban Planning: When Mining Companies Take on Government's Role-Public-Private Collaboration in Regional Development in Guinea; 1 Introduction
• Publisher Details: London : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 320; Political science; Municipal government -- Africa; Political planning; Sociology, Urban; Public policy; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference; Municipal government; Political planning; Political science; Politics and government; Sociology, Urban; Political Science -- Public Policy -- General; Social Science -- Sociology -- Urban; Public administration; Sociology; Politics & government; Africa -- Politics and government; Africa; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781349951093; 1349951099
• Related ISBNs: 1349951080; 9781349951086
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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