(Re)theorizing Cities from the Global South: Looking Beyond Neoliberalism

Parnell, Susan; Robinson, Jennifer

doi:10.2747/0272-3638.33.4.593

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“…In this respect it should be acknowledged that while local governments are critically positioned to support the growing urban populations, they do not necessarily have the capacity or the incentive to take up this challenge (Tacoli & Agergaard, 2016). Hence, as emphasized by de Haan in this issue there is a need for more structural interventions that from the top stimulate innovative decentralization and include citizens better in the formation of inclusive social policies (see also Parnell & Robinson, 2012;Pieterse, 2017).…”

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Urban transformations and rural-city connections in Africa

Agergaard

Ortenbjerg

2017

Geografisk Tidsskrift-Danish Journal of Geography

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Urban transformations and rural-city connections in Africa

Agergaard

Ortenbjerg

2017

Geografisk Tidsskrift-Danish Journal of Geography

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“…Moreover, as noted by scholars working in this region [26], urban governance is often impacted by neoliberal governance structures as well as the structure of the economy, government stability, inequality and poverty, and conflict related to race, gender, and place of origin. To this end, scholars need to recognize the historical contingent and dynamic nature of urban governance in divergent contexts [27].…”

Section: Households Mediummentioning

confidence: 99%

Methodological Challenges in Urban Food Systems Research: Case Study of Local Food Institutions in South Africa

Warshawsky

2018

Urban Science

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This paper examines how institutional power dynamics in South Africa's urban food system have restricted the quantity, quality, and type of data collected on food institutions and limited the range of research and policy as a result. In particular, while non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and local institutions speak openly with researchers or share data, key governing institutions such as the state and agri-businesses often refuse to work with scholars. This has not only limited access to data on food system flows and operations, but it has also resulted in a significant research gap about the principal institutions in food systems, as scholars and policy makers tend to disproportionately focus on alternative food movements or localized players. Given the number, scope, and creativity of informal livelihood strategies that residents utilize to access food, this paper suggests that new methods are needed to understand how people navigate complex pathways to food in Southern African cities.

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“…Der produktive Umgang mit Indifferenz als ein "Zustand der Nicht-Präferenz" (Bourdieu und Wacquant, 1996:148) und Engagementlosigkeit unter synchron anwesenden Individuen als die basale Formel der Urbanität im globalen Norden (Nassehi, 1999) wird in Hinblick auf den Diskurs um die Städte des globalen Südens abgelehnt. Parnell und Robinson betonen: "The available stock of urban and planning theory is largely unsuited to help us understand and navigate the complex lived realities of citizens in the global South" (Parnell and Robinson, 2012:598 (Parnell and Robinson, 2012). Im globalen Süden vollziehe sich vielmehr ein urbaner Wandel, der sich fundamental von Prozessen im globalen Norden unterscheidet und daher häu-fig als eine fehlgehende oder zu korrigierende Entwicklung charakterisiert würde (Sheppard et al, 2013).…”

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Die Emergenz der Masse – zur Urbanität im globalen Süden

Dirksmeier

2018

Geogr. Helv.

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Abstract. The potentiality of crowds, in terms of possibilities for achieving a livelihood in the big and dense cities, gains centre stage in contemporary urban studies dealing with the global South. These emergent effects of crowds act as dissociation of further work in urban theory from the global North that often displays a universalistic claim. However, contemporary urban theory both from the global South and North has astonishing less to say about internal processes of crowds that could be interpreted as emerging effects. The paper analyses the work on crowds by Peter Sloterdijk and the performative theory of assembly by Judith Butler in terms of theoretical possibilities to enrich contemporary thinking on urbanity in the South. The paper accentuates two important arguments for urban theory that could be fit into existing work in the field. Sloterdijk emphasises the “affective synthesis” of crowds and the build environment as an important mechanism of interaction between crowds and urbanity, whereas Butler elaborates the performative effect of crowds to articulate the right of owning attested rights.

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(Re)theorizing Cities from the Global South: Looking Beyond Neoliberalism

Cited by 505 publications

References 73 publications

Urban transformations and rural-city connections in Africa

Urban transformations and rural-city connections in Africa

Methodological Challenges in Urban Food Systems Research: Case Study of Local Food Institutions in South Africa

Die Emergenz der Masse – zur Urbanität im globalen Süden

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