Politics and Society in Urban Africa

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Politics and Society in Urban Africa is published by Zed Books

Politics and Society in Urban Africa is a unique series providing critical, in-depth analysis of key contemporary issues affecting urban environments across the continent.

Featuring a wealth of empirical material and case study detail, and focussing on a diverse range of subject matter – from informal economies to urban governance, infrastructure to gender dynamics – the series is a platform for scholars to present thought-provoking arguments on the nature and direction of African urbanisms.

Titles in series

State of Slum

Precarity and Informal Governance at the Margins in Accra

Paul Stacey

Tanzania's Informal Economy

The Micro-politics of Street Vending

Alexis Malefakis
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