The Undulating Capacity of the State
Autochthony and Infrastructure Development in African Cities
Seiten
2025
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-69839-9 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-69839-9 (ISBN)
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.
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 most important urban centers on the continent. It explains variations in levels of trust in the African state that shape neighborhoods' responses to states' development interventions. Focusing on the Senegalese state's construction of the VDN 2 highway on the outskirts of the capital, Dakar, the author argues that in major African cities with colonial origins, whether neighborhoods project themselves as 'autochthonous' or 'migrant' communities shapes general attitudes toward the state and influences the capacity of the state to carry out development interventions in these areas. In these cities, states are more likely to successfully intervene in neighborhoods dominated by 'new' migrants to the city than in those neighborhoods that portray themselves as 'autochthones' of these cities.
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 most important urban centers on the continent. It explains variations in levels of trust in the African state that shape neighborhoods' responses to states' development interventions. Focusing on the Senegalese state's construction of the VDN 2 highway on the outskirts of the capital, Dakar, the author argues that in major African cities with colonial origins, whether neighborhoods project themselves as 'autochthonous' or 'migrant' communities shapes general attitudes toward the state and influences the capacity of the state to carry out development interventions in these areas. In these cities, states are more likely to successfully intervene in neighborhoods dominated by 'new' migrants to the city than in those neighborhoods that portray themselves as 'autochthones' of these cities.
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.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 26.08.2025 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Elements in the Politics of Development |
| Zusatzinfo | Worked examples or Exercises |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien | |
| Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Wirtschaftspolitik | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-009-69839-7 / 1009698397 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-009-69839-9 / 9781009698399 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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