Patricia Zweig
Biographic Data
| ID | 349835 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Patricia Zweig |
| GIVEN NAMES | Patricia |
| FAMILY NAME | Zweig |
| SIGNATURE | ZWEIG P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stellenbosch University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1561-1029 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 91 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Disaster risk and development
Though South African disaster risk management legislation requires the institutionalization of disaster management in all spheres of government, it is at the local level, closest to the citizens impacted by disasters, where the responsibility for this function truly lies. The Disaster Management Amendment Act (16/2015) presents significant challenges for small local municipalities by expanding their mandate even further. In seeking to contribute …
Views From the Margins
Globally, the proliferation of informal settlements continues unabated, challenging us to understand life in these risk-prone urban 'hotspots'. Although women and children are vulnerable to risks in these marginalised environments, young men are more often considered generators of risk while their own susceptibilities are disregarded. Addressing this oversight, this study, undertaken in informal areas of Cape Town, South Africa, using a range of …
Exploring men’s vulnerability in the global South
In South Africa, young men are generally considered to generate many of the risks associated with informal settlement life, yet their own vulnerability in these environments is seldom considered. Seeking insights into male susceptibility in these impoverished urban spaces is methodologically challenging. How does one encourage poor marginalised young men to speak with candour about their insecurities and challenges? The research methods used, whi…
Inserting rights and justice into urban resilience
Resilience building has become a growing policy agenda, particularly for urban risk management. While much of the resilience agenda has been shaped by policies and discourses from the global North, its applicability for cities of the global South, particularly African cities, has not been sufficiently assessed. Focusing on rights of urban citizens as the object to be made resilient, rather than physical and ecological infrastructures, may help to…
Lost in space? Considering young men as drivers of urban informal settlement risk
The Contested Politics of Housing Allocation in Ikapa, Cape Town, 1981-1994
This article investigates housing allocation politics in the Ikapa townships of Cape Town from 1981 to 1994. It focuses on the ways in which officials and community actors struggled for agency in housing allocation through differently constructed assertions of legitimacy and legality. Complex and contested politicised identities both divided and interlinked ‘community’ and ‘state’, enmeshed in dichotomous categories such as: ‘borners’ (people hol…
Inserting rights and justice into urban resilience
Resilience building has become a growing policy agenda, particularly for urban risk management. While much of the resilience agenda has been shaped by policies and discourses from the global North, its applicability for cities of the global South, particularly African cities, has not been sufficiently assessed. Focusing on rights of urban citizens as the object to be made resilient, rather than physical and ecological infrastructures, may help to…
The Contested Politics of Housing Allocation in Ikapa, Cape Town, 1981-1994
This article investigates housing allocation politics in the Ikapa townships of Cape Town from 1981 to 1994. It focuses on the ways in which officials and community actors struggled for agency in housing allocation through differently constructed assertions of legitimacy and legality. Complex and contested politicised identities both divided and interlinked ‘community’ and ‘state’, enmeshed in dichotomous categories such as: ‘borners’ (people hol…
Exploring men’s vulnerability in the global South
In South Africa, young men are generally considered to generate many of the risks associated with informal settlement life, yet their own vulnerability in these environments is seldom considered. Seeking insights into male susceptibility in these impoverished urban spaces is methodologically challenging. How does one encourage poor marginalised young men to speak with candour about their insecurities and challenges? The research methods used, whi…
The Contested Politics of Housing Allocation in Ikapa, Cape Town, 1981-1994
This article investigates housing allocation politics in the Ikapa townships of Cape Town from 1981 to 1994. It focuses on the ways in which officials and community actors struggled for agency in housing allocation through differently constructed assertions of legitimacy and legality. Complex and contested politicised identities both divided and interlinked ‘community’ and ‘state’, enmeshed in dichotomous categories such as: ‘borners’ (people hol…
Lost in space? Considering young men as drivers of urban informal settlement risk
Inserting rights and justice into urban resilience
Resilience building has become a growing policy agenda, particularly for urban risk management. While much of the resilience agenda has been shaped by policies and discourses from the global North, its applicability for cities of the global South, particularly African cities, has not been sufficiently assessed. Focusing on rights of urban citizens as the object to be made resilient, rather than physical and ecological infrastructures, may help to…
Exploring men’s vulnerability in the global South
In South Africa, young men are generally considered to generate many of the risks associated with informal settlement life, yet their own vulnerability in these environments is seldom considered. Seeking insights into male susceptibility in these impoverished urban spaces is methodologically challenging. How does one encourage poor marginalised young men to speak with candour about their insecurities and challenges? The research methods used, whi…
Views From the Margins
Globally, the proliferation of informal settlements continues unabated, challenging us to understand life in these risk-prone urban 'hotspots'. Although women and children are vulnerable to risks in these marginalised environments, young men are more often considered generators of risk while their own susceptibilities are disregarded. Addressing this oversight, this study, undertaken in informal areas of Cape Town, South Africa, using a range of …
Disaster risk and development
Though South African disaster risk management legislation requires the institutionalization of disaster management in all spheres of government, it is at the local level, closest to the citizens impacted by disasters, where the responsibility for this function truly lies. The Disaster Management Amendment Act (16/2015) presents significant challenges for small local municipalities by expanding their mandate even further. In seeking to contribute …
Political science (6 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Geography (4 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Informal settlements (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Cape (2 works) · Children's Rights and Participation (2 works)