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Title:The Political Stakes of Academic Research: Perspectives on Johannesburg
Author:Chipkin, IvorISNI
Year:2005
Periodical:African Studies Review
Volume:48
Issue:2
Period:September
Pages:87-109
Language:English
Geographic term:South Africa
Subjects:urban economy
municipal government
urban society
social research
literature reviews (form)
Urbanization and Migration
Bibliography/Research
Miscellaneous (i.e. Demography, Refugees, Sports)
Politics and Government
Ethnic and Race Relations
History and Exploration
External link:http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/african_studies_review/v048/48.2chipkin.pdf
Abstract:The author offers a critical review of the recent academic writing on the inner city of Johannesburg, South Africa. The writers of this literature come to their studies from different normative perspectives. For some authors, the city is primarily a political-economic system, where the central questions are ones of poverty and marginalization. For others the city is treated more from the perspective of municipal institutions, such that the challenges relate to management and to governance. For still others, the city is examined from the perspective of culture. The present author brings to the fore the political consequences of these different views. He concludes not by seeking to reconcile these perspectives, but by suggesting a way of retaining a commitment to equality and justice while not reducing them simply to questions of economy. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. in English and French. [ASC Leiden abstract]
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