Getting out of the shit
Toilets and the daily failure of governance in Ghana 1
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6139342 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Van Der Geest (0000-0002-9943-6415, University of Amsterdam), N Obirih-Opareh |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 23-24 |
| Issue | 23-24 |
| Publication date | 2002-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bulletin de l’APAD (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1950-6929 • E-ISSN: 1950-6929 |
| Publisher | OpenEdition (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4000/apad.150 |
| OpenAlex | W1519859925 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 6 |
The politics of sanitationIn a chapter on the politics of public sanitation between 1920‐1940 in Windhoek, Namibia's capital, Gewald (2000 : 125‐144) tries to find an explanation for the fact that "after years of consistent protest and demand on the part of location residents, there was no improvement in public sanitation facilities". The author leads us through a series of graphic quotes from official reports, letters and newspaper clippings about the horrible state of sanitation in the town
Archaeology · Art history · Business · Capital (architecture · Corporate governance · Newspaper · Political science · Politics · Public work · Sanitation · Shit · State (computer science · African history and culture studies · Engineering · History · Law · Public Administration · Urban and Rural Development Challenges · Water Governance and Infrastructure · Finance
| Citations per year | 0.29 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2012 - 2022 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |