Community Leadership in Urban Informal Neighbourhoods: Micro-Politics and Micro-Administration in Informal Settlements in Cape Town

Drivdal, Laura

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“…However, this practice fails to acknowledge the economic and social importance shebeens have for owners and customers [ 72 ]. Drivdal and Lawhon [ 74 ] proposed a plural regulation of shebeens based on a concerted effort of community leaders, shebeen owners, and residents, which could be the first step towards enforcement of closing hours, prevention of sales to minors and intoxicated people, and reduction of violence in and around shebeens [ 75 ].…”

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The socioeconomic profile of alcohol-attributable mortality in South Africa: a modelling study

Probst

Parry

Wittchen

et al. 2018

BMC Med

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BackgroundGlobally, illness and life expectancy follow a social gradient that puts people of lower socioeconomic status (SES) at higher risk of dying prematurely. Alcohol consumption has been shown to be a factor contributing to socioeconomic differences in mortality. However, little evidence is available from low- and middle-income countries. The objective of this study was to quantify mortality attributable to alcohol consumption in the adult (15+ years) general population of South Africa in 2015 by SES, age, and sex.MethodsA comparative risk assessment was performed using individual and aggregate data from South Africa and risk relations reported in the literature. Alcohol-attributable fractions (AAFs) and alcohol-attributable mortality rates were estimated for cause-specific mortality by SES, sex, and age. Monte Carlo simulation techniques were used to calculate 95% uncertainty intervals (UI).ResultsOverall, approximately 62,300 (95% UI 27,000–103,000) adults died from alcohol-attributable causes in South Africa in 2015, with 60% of deaths occurring in people in the low and 15% in the high SES groups. Age-standardized, alcohol-attributable mortality rates per 100,000 adults were highest for the low SES group (727 deaths, 95% UI 354–1208 deaths) followed by the middle (377 deaths, 95% UI 165–687 deaths) and high SES groups (163 deaths, 95% UI 71–289 deaths). The socioeconomic differences were highest for mortality from infectious diseases.People of low SES had a lower prevalence of current alcohol use but heavier drinking patterns among current drinkers. Among men, AAFs were elevated at low and middle SES, particularly for the middle and higher age groups (35+). Among women, AAFs differed less across SES groups and, in the youngest age group (15–34), women of high SES had elevated AAFs.ConclusionsAlcohol use contributed to vast socioeconomic differences in mortality. Where observed, elevated AAFs for people of low and middle SES arose from higher levels of consumption among current drinkers and not from the prevalence of current alcohol use per se. The findings can direct preventive measures and interventions on those at highest risk. Future research is needed to investigate socioeconomic differences in the risk functions relating alcohol use to cause-specific mortality.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (10.1186/s12916-018-1080-0) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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The socioeconomic profile of alcohol-attributable mortality in South Africa: a modelling study

Probst

Parry

Wittchen

et al. 2018

BMC Med

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“…The system and practices around reporting thus reinforce the relevance of individual leaders, and the power asymmetries between leaders and residents as leaders can control these information flows (McCauley et al, 2015). But these reporting practices also reflect socio-historical patterns where local leaders have been expected to take on such intermediary roles in the past (Drivdal, 2016).…”

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“…Ongoing delivery, maintenance and repair of infrastructure services are also often the primary way in which citizens experience and interact with local government. Given the limited reach of government in informal areas (Drivdal, 2016), this suggests service maintenance offers an important context for the practice of community leadership.…”

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“…For instance, she finds that leaders interact with external organisations, participate in meetings and carry out administrative tasks such as distributing information to residents, ‘counting and numbering shacks’ and ‘monitoring the settlements regarding, e.g. waste’ (2016: 283). These tasks often emerge as part of local upgrading projects.…”

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“…Rather, community leadership contexts may comprise local organisations with formal leaders, but also alliances between different actors working together to address a particular issue, or informal leaders representing 'communities of place' (Brint, 2001). The latter often characterises leadership in informal settlements (Drivdal, 2016), where informal leaders do not have a clear agenda and mandate to guide them. Despite such diversity, scholars also commonly describe community leadership as situated between the structures and policy directives of formal organisations (e.g.…”

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Community leaders as intermediaries: How everyday practices create and sustain leadership in five informal settlements in Cape Town

Vivier

Sanchez-Betancourt

2020

Leadership

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Community leaders are expected to navigate different social and institutional contexts, but they must do so without the direction, authority or legitimacy available to leaders within formal organisations. In this article, we draw on qualitative data from a participation initiative to explore how community leaders get involved in everyday maintenance of public services in informal settlements in Cape Town, in order to understand how they fulfil this intermediary role. Applying the lens of leadership-as-practice, we identify four practices that connect the communities and city, and which facilitate access to public services. We unpack how these practices emerge in and are shaped by the service maintenance system and material conditions of informality. We argue that community leaders fulfil their intermediary role through everyday improvisations to find ‘what works’, and in the process, they also create and sustain relations of dependence and interdependence that reinforce those very roles.

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2024

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Community Leadership in Urban Informal Neighbourhoods: Micro-Politics and Micro-Administration in Informal Settlements in Cape Town

Cited by 16 publications

References 48 publications

The socioeconomic profile of alcohol-attributable mortality in South Africa: a modelling study

The socioeconomic profile of alcohol-attributable mortality in South Africa: a modelling study

Community leaders as intermediaries: How everyday practices create and sustain leadership in five informal settlements in Cape Town

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