Crisis and Creativity - Exploring the Wealth of the African Neighbourhood (Paperback)

At times of economic and political crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa, urban dwellers display a large degree of creativity in their survival strategies by developing social networks and constructing imaginative and original practices and ideas. This volume views the urban neighbourhood from two different perspectives and explores the importance of these creative processes. The first approach considers the neighbourhood as a geographical domain in which people are engaged in a variety of activities to advance their material and immaterial well-being, making use of their 'wealth' of opportunities, assets and diverse forms of natural, physical, financial, human and social 'capital'. The second angle sees the neighbourhood as not necessarily geographically located or bounded but as having been created and defined by human beings. These neighbourhoods may take on the form of self-help organizations, associations or churches, or may be based on gender, generational, ethnic or occupational identities. As the contributions from all over Sub-Saharan Africa show, the two approaches do not necessarily exclude each other.

General

Imprint:	Brill
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	African Dynamics, 5
Release date:	April 2006
First published:	April 2006
Editors:	Dick Foeken • Piet Konings
Dimensions:	240 x 160 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-90-04-15004-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Urban communities Promotions
LSN:	90-04-15004-8
Barcode:	9789004150041

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