Why is dissatisfaction with local democracy endemic, despite the spread of new participatory institutions?This book argues that a key reason is the limited power of elected local officials, especially to produce the City. City Hall lacks control over key aspects of city decision- making, especially under conditions of economic globalisation and rapid urbanisation in the urban South.
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BooksDemocracy Disconnected: Participation & Governance in a City of the South
About the Book:
Demonstrated through case studies of daily politics in Hout Bay, Democracy Disconnected shows how Cape Town residents engage local rule. In the absence of democratic control, urban rule in the Global South becomes a complex and contingent framework of multiple and multilevel forms of urban governance (FUG) that involve City Hall, but are not directed by it.
