The Politics of Housing Delivery

ISBN-13: 9783639149371 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 276 str.

Annie Barbara Chikwanha

Opis

Grand theories such as neo-patrimonialism thatconverge on the state penetration of society, havedominated debates on resource allocation models inAfrica. Such grand theories have failed to accountfor the trajectories of the different countries andthey risk losing validity as they cannot capture thevariations and the determinant factors acrosscountries. This book details how a different resourceallocation model shaped by the "liberation culture",a culture that originated in the violent exileliberation struggles in southern Africa, influenceshousing land allocation. In the "liberation culture",the ruling parties networks shape, prioritise anddetermine who gets state resources and it has anexclusivist orientation that engenders the formationof new political identities thereby constructing anew conception of citizenship. This comparative workdemonstrates how service seekers in South Africa andZimbabwe assume new identities that facilitate accessto housing resources. The emphasis is on how theparty penetrates the state and society. Academics,students and housing delivery professionals willfind this book useful in understanding the postliberation war state.

O autorze

Annie Barbara Chikwanha (PhD) studied Political Science at the
University of Bergen in Norway. She is currently a Senior
Research Fellow with the Institute for Security Studies in the
Addis Ababa office and is head of the African Human Security
Initiative project.