* Foreword by Silvia Federici Preface to the critique influence change edition Introduction 1. What is Feminism? 2. Social Origins of Sexual Division Labour 3. Colonization and Housewifization 4. International: Women International 5. Violence Against Ongoing Primitive Accumulation Capital 6. National Liberation Women's 7. Towards a Feminist Perspective New Society

Abstract Recent years have seen a rising interest in peri‐urban spaces, urban frontiers and new suburbanisms, including African contexts. However, given the scale of growth extreme diversity formations emerging on geographical edges city‐regions, deeper understanding is needed drivers peripheral urbanisms lived experiences change these spaces. Based comparative research project South Africa Ethiopia, this article draws out epistemologies researching peripheries presents conceptual framework....

Large-scale urban development projects are a significant format of expansion and renewal across the globe. As generators governance innovation indicators future city in each context, large-scale have been interpreted within frameworks ‘variegations’ wider circulating processes, such as neoliberalisation or financialisation. However, often entail state support investment, strongly linked to wide variety transnational investors developers frequently highly contested their local environments....

The purpose of this article is to examine the urban visions articulated in two large projects Johannesburg. Using Corridors Freedom project, led by Johannesburg metropolitan municipality, and Modderfontein, initiated a Shanghai-based developer, we show that intention varies significantly despite often similar rhetoric. We also actors interests involved are more diverse than may initially appear, outcomes less certain confident public pronouncements suggest. Each project promises make...

The role of developers in shaping the built environment has attracted considerable critical attention, often focussing on overbearing powerful, globalised actors urban development. But there is also evidence that regulatory pathways shape outcomes. Through case a large-scale initiative Johannesburg, South Africa, “Corridors Freedom”, we consider whether potential for developmental benefit to be gained from redirecting developer interest create new kinds form. Linked investment bus rapid...

engaged in a creative dialogue to formulate policies effect the transition 'post-apartheid' state and adopt forms of organization strategy consistent with complementary such policy. Until recently, however, consideration gender has been lacking this exciting debate.' This is not simply result dominant androcentric discourse, but must also be attributed gaps shortcomings analysis women's oppression South Africa. We argue that way which political organizations have conceptualized their role...

There are growing arguments for linking strategic spatial planning to infrastructure development, particularly within developing countries. This article assesses potentials and challenges of these approaches, focusing on an emerging approach in Johannesburg, South Africa. In this provides more powerful sets mechanisms than has had the past but is demanding confronts significant challenges. While commonsense appeal, potential approaches likely vary contextually, their role impact may be...

Suburbanisation, understood as 'the combination of non-central population and economic growth with urban spatial expansion' has been on the rise in African cities, well internationally, taken diverse forms. This article contributes to an understanding dynamics suburbanisation through exploring since 1990s northern corridor eThekwini municipality adjacent KwaDakuza municipality. The outlines evolution development these areas, role various actors, agencies institutions shaping growth,...

ABSTRACT In South Africa migrant labour is indelibly associated with apartheid and influx control. But even since the abolition of control it has continued on a considerable scale. The purpose this paper to identify some features as exists today draw out its implications for urbanization. Several perspectives are explored. One constituted by huge variety what one might call time-space geographies. Some continue, classic worker style, have wives children in areas origin visit monthly basis;...

This article identifies and evaluates the range of strategies being used to generate economic activity close within townships, focusing on three metropolitan areas Gauteng, Durban Functional Region Cape Town. After placing townships in context larger city overall strategy local development, examines various types that have been proposed stimulate support activity: currently dominant spatial strategies, provision services infrastructure, development small business services, public works.