"As the dynamo of South Africa's economy, Johannesburg commands a central position in the nation's imagination, and scholars throughout the world monitor the city as an exemplar of urbanity in the global South.This richly illustrated study offers detailed empirical analyses of changes in the...

The site -- Developers -- Image and precedent -- Public urban planning -- Housing shortage and national priority -- Public/private partnership -- Buyers and villagers -- Capital and the shared ideological landscape -- Settlers and the land -- The state, mirroring, and shared legal frameworks.

This book is open access under a CC BY-NC-ND license. This volume analyzes the economic, social, and political challenges that emerging states confront today. Notwithstanding the growing importance of the ‘emerging states’ in global affairs and governance, many problems requiring immediate...