Urban Development and Social Contingency

A Case Study of Urban Relocation in the Western Cape, South Africa

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ID3751184
AuthorsF Ro (0000-0001-9642-3670, corresponding author), Fiona C Ro, Fiona C Ross
Year2005
Volume51
Issue4
Pages19-31
Publication date2005-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAfrica Today (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0001-9887 • E-ISSN: 1527-1978
PublisherIndiana University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1353/at.2005.0047
OpenAlexW4245658722
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited14

One of the axes of social transformation in the postapartheid state has been the provision of private property to low-income households. This paper examines the effects of opportunities for housing as residents of a shantytown in the Western Cape moved to formal houses in a new suburban housing development. It argues that residents are engaged in ongoing efforts to secure their visions of ideal domestic relations, and that it is important to see these in terms of efforts to consolidate social arrangements and the contingency and indeterminacy of human social arrangements as people struggle with available social conditions to shape lives that conform to differing ideals

Archaeology · Cape · Contingency · Development economics · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Ideal (ethics) · Political economy · Political science · Relocation · Social change · Sociology · Vision · Computer Science · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Legal Issues in South Africa · Local Economic Development and Planning · Urban and Rural Development Challenges

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