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This volume explores some of the complex development challenges associated with the recent and rapid pace of urbanisation across Africa. The transition from a predominantly rural to urban population over the next decade may prompt new approaches and policy responses from the international development community. Readership: Scholars and policy makers interested in Africa, demographic transition, urbanisation, development policy, cities, planning and urban design.

"How do government arrangements emerge? When and how does individual agency turn into collective agency? How do sensory experiences of violence, instability, etc affect the configuration of governance arrangements? When, why, and how are governance arrangements institutionalized?This book seeks to contribute to a non-normative conceptualization of the emergence and transformation of government arrangements, and addresses the under-theorization of actors and agency in conventional governance theories. The editors and contributors theorize the concept of governance more concretely by analyzing the key actors and arrangements that define states of governance across different places and by examining its performance and development in particular settings and time periods. Each contribution to the edited volume is based on a case-study drawn from Africa, though the book argues that the core issues identified remain the same across the world, though in different empirical contexts. The contributions also range across key disciplines, from anthropology to sociology to political science. This ground-breaking volume addresses governance arrangements, discusses how social actors form such arrangements, and concludes by synthesizing an actor-centered understanding of political articulation to a general theory of governance. Scholars across disciplines such as political science, development studies, African studies, and sociology will find the book insightful."--

How do government arrangements emerge? When and how does individual agency turn into collective agency? How do sensory experiences of violence, instability, etc affect the configuration of governance arrangements? When, why, and how are governance arrangements institutionalized?This book seeks to contribute to a non-normative conceptualization of the emergence and transformation of government arrangements, and addresses the under-theorization of actors and agency in conventional governance theories. The editors and contributors theorize the concept of governance more concretely by analyzing th

This 10th thematic issue of International Development Policy presents a collection of articles exploring some of the complex development challenges associated with Africa's recent but extremely rapid pace of urbanisation that challenges still predominant but misleading images of Africa as a rural continent. Analysing urban settings through the diverse experiences and perspectives of inhabitants and stakeholders in cities across the continent, the authors consider the evolution of international development policy responses amidst the unique historical, social, economic and political contexts of Africa's urban development.

Das Iwalewa-Haus (Afrika-Zentrum der Uni Bayreuth) besitzt mit rund 700 Textilien und Kleidungsstücken aus verschiedenen Materialien und vorwiegend schwarzafrikanischen Ländern eine umfangreiche Textiliensammlung. Anlässlich einer Ausstellung wurden erstmals Exponate der Sammlung (Kleidung, Wickeltücher, Wolldecken) der Öffentlichkeit zugänglich gemacht. In diesem reich illustrierten Katalog führt die Autorin mit Beiträgen über die afrikanische Kleidng im gesellschaftlichen Kontext und die Textilsammlung des Iwalewa-Hauses in das Thema ein. In weiteren Kapiteln geht sie auf die Vielfalt der afrikanischen Kleiderstile verschiedener Ethnien, die Indigo-Färberei in Westafrika und die Kleidung aus Raffia-Textilien mit ihrem ethnologischen Hintergrund ein. Den Abschluss bildet ein Kapitel über industriell gefertige Stoffe und ihre Weiterverarbeitung. Mit Literaturverzeichnis. Kein Vergleichstitel bekannt. (3) (LK/K: Weber)