Esther's house : One woman's 'home eocnomics' in Chitungqiza, Zimbabwe

• [About the book, from Palgrav Macmillan:] Are Africa’s most populous and economically dominant cities a force to reckon with in the twenty-first century? This book analyzes the economies of East and Southern Africa’s ‘apex’ cities, probing how they have altered structurally over time and their current sources of economic vitality and vulnerability at local, national and international levels. Case study chapters focusing on Johannesburg, Chitungwiza, Gaborone, Maputo, Dar es Salaam, Mombasa, Nairobi, Kampala and Mogadishu shed new light on contemporary African urban prospects and problems. [About Schlyter's chapter, by a reviewer:] Part four addresses infrastructure, housing and welfare issues, with more of an orientation towards the planning literature. Beall, Crankshaw and Parnell continue their long collaborative efforts to investigate Johannesburg's housing issues, here with a focus on migrants to the city. Schlyter adds to her own extensive research record on various elements of home economics in urban southern Africa, this time centering her attention on Chitungwiza (a satellite town of Harare, Zimbabwe). Doo Selolwana assesses the degree to which privatization of urban infrastructural development has or has not led to employment creation in Gaborone, Botswana, and the section ends with Ngware's fine chapter on Dar es Salaam's Tabata Development Fund.

Ämnesord

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Annan samhällsvetenskap -- Genusstudier (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Other Social Sciences -- Gender Studies (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

gender

urbanization

Africa

Zimbabwe

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