While most countries in Africa have revised the planning laws they inherited from their
colonial experience, research shows that the attitudes and practices of politicians and …

In the last two hundred years, the earth has increasingly become the private property of a
few classes, races, transnational corporations, and nations. Repeated claims about the" …

" The Global South is relatively neglected in research about our" compartmentalised world".
The volume of publications on inequality has increased five-fold since 1992, but many of …

This article draws on original empirical research in Accra, Ghana to explore the particular
dynamics that contemporary processes of class‐based dispossession assume at the urban …

This paper considers the foundations of contemporary African urban economies and how
these intersect with the evolution of urban politics, carving a route through a wide range of …

The world development institutions commonly present'urban governance'as an antidote to
the so-called'urbanisation of poverty'and'parasitic urbanism'in Africa. Governance for Pro …

Within the literature, there is growing concern about how competitive politics are contributing
to electoral violence in Africa. The focus of scholars has been on large‑scale organized …

This article draws on Asef Bayat's theory of “quiet encroachment” to analyse the political
agency of street hawkers and squatters in Accra, Ghana. It demonstrates how squatters and …

Waste is one of the planet's last great resource frontiers. From furniture made from up-cycled
wood to gold extracted from computer circuit boards, artisans and multinational corporations …

The narrative on global shipments of used electronic devices to Africa is incomplete. It
focuses on end-of-life device dumping and on health and environmental hazards for local …