Lena Fält
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 4425367 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Lena Fält |
| PRENOMES | Lena |
| SOBRENOME | Fält |
| ASSINATURA | FÄLT L |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Stockholm University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7679-7851 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 5 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 2 |
| OBRAS COMO AUTOR | 5 |
| OBRAS COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2016 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Infrastructure, citizenship and informal vendors’ (non)access to state support during Covid-19 in Accra, Ghana
The COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affected informal workers in the global South, including market and street vendors, who faced severe income losses during the crisis. In some contexts, governments moved to support vulnerable populations, particularly those whose livelihoods were gravely affected by restrictions introduced to stop the virus. In Ghana, the government introduced support schemes that officially included informal vendors. Howe…
Multiscalar politics of infrastructural labour
Legitimizing a world-class hospital
Megaprojects are vehicles of change and spatial products of policies from near and far. In this paper, we demonstrate how insights from the policy mobility literature can contribute to a critical analysis of the legitimization of megaprojects. Through a study of the planning of a new 'world-class' hospital in Stockholm, we show that ideas, experiences and practices from abroad played a decisive role in legitimizing this megaproject. Policies mobi…
On the governing of ‘gray’ trading spaces in Accra
Recent studies on ‘urban informality’ stress the role of the state in the production and governing of ‘gray spaces’. This paper contributes to this body of research by emphasising the multiple actors involved in the governance of informal land uses and their ambiguous positions on how these spaces should best be understood and approached. Based on an in-depth case study of ‘gray’ trading spaces in central Accra, I show that individual landowners …
From Shacks to Skyscrapers
Recent studies indicate that market-driven logics increasingly inform the governing of African cities. This paper explores this claim by analysing the spatial rationalities at work in the struggle over urban space in Accra, Ghana. Based on an in-depth case study of a state-led displacement of a marginalised informal settlement in central Accra that took place in September 2014, the paper demonstrates that the on-going urban transformation of this…
On the governing of ‘gray’ trading spaces in Accra
Recent studies on ‘urban informality’ stress the role of the state in the production and governing of ‘gray spaces’. This paper contributes to this body of research by emphasising the multiple actors involved in the governance of informal land uses and their ambiguous positions on how these spaces should best be understood and approached. Based on an in-depth case study of ‘gray’ trading spaces in central Accra, I show that individual landowners …
From Shacks to Skyscrapers
Recent studies indicate that market-driven logics increasingly inform the governing of African cities. This paper explores this claim by analysing the spatial rationalities at work in the struggle over urban space in Accra, Ghana. Based on an in-depth case study of a state-led displacement of a marginalised informal settlement in central Accra that took place in September 2014, the paper demonstrates that the on-going urban transformation of this…
On the governing of ‘gray’ trading spaces in Accra
Recent studies on ‘urban informality’ stress the role of the state in the production and governing of ‘gray spaces’. This paper contributes to this body of research by emphasising the multiple actors involved in the governance of informal land uses and their ambiguous positions on how these spaces should best be understood and approached. Based on an in-depth case study of ‘gray’ trading spaces in central Accra, I show that individual landowners …
Legitimizing a world-class hospital
Megaprojects are vehicles of change and spatial products of policies from near and far. In this paper, we demonstrate how insights from the policy mobility literature can contribute to a critical analysis of the legitimization of megaprojects. Through a study of the planning of a new 'world-class' hospital in Stockholm, we show that ideas, experiences and practices from abroad played a decisive role in legitimizing this megaproject. Policies mobi…
Infrastructure, citizenship and informal vendors’ (non)access to state support during Covid-19 in Accra, Ghana
The COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affected informal workers in the global South, including market and street vendors, who faced severe income losses during the crisis. In some contexts, governments moved to support vulnerable populations, particularly those whose livelihoods were gravely affected by restrictions introduced to stop the virus. In Ghana, the government introduced support schemes that officially included informal vendors. Howe…
Multiscalar politics of infrastructural labour
Economics (3 obras) · Sociology (3 obras) · Urban and Rural Development Challenges (3 obras) · Urban Planning and Governance (3 obras) · Economic geography (2 obras) · Political science (2 obras) · Politics (2 obras) · State (computer science (2 obras) · Water Governance and Infrastructure (2 obras) · African history and culture studies (1 obra)