Ato Kwamena Onoma (University of Toronto)

The Undulating Capacity of the State

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Produktbeschreibung

This Element weaves together literatures on autochthony and belonging and on African urbanism to shed new light on the ability of the African state to undertake development interventions in some of the important urban centers on the continent. It focuses on the Senegalese state's construction of the VDN 2 highway on the outskirts of Dakar.

Produktdetails

• Elements in the Politics of Development
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 86
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. August 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 6mm
• Gewicht: 144g
• ISBN-13: 9781009698399
• ISBN-10: 1009698397
• Artikelnr.: 74195806

Autorenporträt

Ato Kwamena Onoma is a Senior Programme Officer at the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. On state capacity in Africa
3. Autochthony and the undulating capacity of the state
4. Cambérène: Intervening among guarded autochthons
5. Parcelles assainies: Intervening in a 'new' neighborhood
6. Conclusion
List of abbreviations
References.