The Undulating Capacity of the State

Name: The Undulating Capacity of the State
Brand: Cambridge University Press
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By Onoma, Ato Kwamena

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This Element weaves together literatures on autochthony and belonging and on African urbanism to shed new light on the ability of the African state to undertake development interventions in some of the most important urban centers on the continent. It explains variations in levels of trust in the African state that shape neighborhoods' responses to states' development interventions. Focusing on the Senegalese state's construction of the VDN 2 highway on the outskirts of the capital, Dakar, the author argues that in major African cities with colonial origins, whether neighborhoods project themselves as 'autochthonous' or 'migrant' communities shapes general attitudes toward the state and influences the capacity of the state to carry out development interventions in these areas. In these cities, states are more likely to successfully intervene in neighborhoods dominated by 'new' migrants to the city than in those neighborhoods that portray themselves as 'autochthones' of these cities.

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Binding:: Paperback
Number of Pages:: 86
Release Date:: 2025-09-04
Publication Date:: 2025-08-11
Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 1009698397
ISBN13:: 9781009698399
Weight:: 139 g
Height:: 152 cm
Width:: 229 cm
Thickness:: 5 cm

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