State, Society, and Informality in Cities of the Global South

Auerbach, Adam Michael; LeBas, Adrienne; Post, Alison E.; Weitz-Shapiro, Rebecca

doi:10.1007/s12116-018-9269-y

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“…Cities of the global south are characterised by established independent municipal governments, thereby expanding the scope and significance of urban governance in the process (Auerbach et al, 2018). The result is increased responsibilities on municipal governments in a context where they are least equipped to manage them and an ever-growing reliance on nonstate actors to fulfil the gap left by ineffective urban governance.…”

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Key ingredients for a collaborative urban regeneration strategy in the Global South

Boyle

Michell

2020

CEB

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The paper documents the development of a collaborative regeneration strategy for a marginalised community in Cape Town that was led by a Non-Profit Company (NPC). NPC’s vision for the strategy was to incorporate key inputs from the community to unlock the economic potential of the area and promote upliftment. A case study methodology was adopted which included a series of interviews and community engagement workshops. The research aimed to identify the key ingredients required to drive collaborative urban regeneration in marginalised communities in the global south. The study established that in the absence of effective leadership and service delivery from local authorities the community feel disenfranchised as their community is not seen as an immediate priority. There was a deep-rooted mistrust in the process being driven by the NPC and the visioning process was met with resistance and suspicion. The engagement process lacked depth/scope and reflected a top-down approach. It is concluded that fundamental ingredients for effective collaborative urban regeneration is trust between the key stakeholders, a diverse assortment of expertise and skills, and an in-depth engagement process. Without these factors urban regeneration is likely to only entrench the complex urban issues it seeks to reconcile.

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Key ingredients for a collaborative urban regeneration strategy in the Global South

Boyle

Michell

2020

CEB

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“…Yet ethnically diverse neighborhoods are common across cities in South Asia and sub‐Saharan Africa (Auerbach et al. ; Thachil ). These settlements are also frequently described as containing multiple slum leaders who compete for a local following (Auyero ).…”

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Cultivating Clients: Reputation, Responsiveness, and Ethnic Indifference in India's Slums

Auerbach

Thachil

2019

American J Political Sci

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Studies of clientelism overwhelmingly focus on how brokers target voters with top‐down benefits during elections. Yet brokers also receive requests from voters for assistance between elections, initiating the processes through which they cultivate clients. Why are brokers responsive to the requests of some voters and not others? We provide the first study of broker preferences when evaluating client appeals. Theories emphasizing brokers as vote monitors anticipate they will prefer co‐partisans and coethnics, whose reciprocity they can best verify. Theories emphasizing brokers as vote mobilizers anticipate they will prefer residents who will maximize their reputations for efficacy. We test these expectations through a conjoint experiment with 629 Indian slum leaders, ethnographic fieldwork, and a survey of 2,199 slum residents. We find evidence of reputational considerations shaping broker responsiveness. We find mixed support for monitoring concerns, highlighted by an absence of the strong ethnic favoritism assumed to dominate distributive politics in many developing countries.

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“…Their needs are not transferred to demand as defined by the market, but may result in political pressure. After all, people without economic powers possess political powers, which may prevent the enforcement of development bans allowing the further existence and development of informal settlements (Potsiou, 2014;Auerbach et al, 2018). Alternatively, some people may have an economic demand for property, for example having a pied-à-terre in many cities worldwide, which, politically, may not be considered a need.…”

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Planning initiative: Promoting development by the use of options in Amsterdam

Altes

2019

Land Use Policy

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The development of existing urban areas is needed to prevent urban sprawl. Several factors, including land assembly holdouts and the option value of land, contribute to landowners' lack of initiative to develop designated sites. Urban governance measures, however, may provide the necessary solutions. By implementing policies that promote inner-city development, i.e. by providing serviced plots for building development, urban expansion can be controlled to ensure that it does not result in a higher scarcity of land. This paper presents the case of Amsterdam, where policies ensure the timely securing of land appropriate for building and the use of option contracts to promote development. The results are discussed and their relevance to other contexts demonstrated.

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State, Society, and Informality in Cities of the Global South

Cited by 55 publications

References 73 publications

Key ingredients for a collaborative urban regeneration strategy in the Global South

Key ingredients for a collaborative urban regeneration strategy in the Global South

Cultivating Clients: Reputation, Responsiveness, and Ethnic Indifference in India's Slums

Planning initiative: Promoting development by the use of options in Amsterdam

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