Jörg Wiegratz, Catherine Dolan, Wangui Kimari and Mario Schmidt

Jörg Wiegratz is a Lecturer in Political Economy of Global Development at the School of Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds, and Senior Research Associate, Department of Sociology, University of Johannesburg. Catherine Dolan is Reader in Anthropology at SOAS, University of London, UK. Wangui Kimari is a Post-doc at the African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town, South Africa. Mario Schmidt is a Postdoctoral researcher at Collaborative Research Centre “Future Rural Africa” and a.r.t.e.s. Graduate School for the Humanities, University of Cologne, Germany

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Urban Africa Under Stress: Rethinking Economic Pressure in Cities

As in other neoliberal cities, the remedies for significant economic burdens are individualized and the political economy that scaffolds them often remains hidden from view. Instead,...

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Jörg Wiegratz, Catherine Dolan, Wangui Kimari and Mario Schmidt

Urban Africa Under Stress: Rethinking Economic Pressure in Cities

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