Urban Planning in a World of Informal Politics

Introduction. The Challenge of Planning the Informal City

Part I. Global Patterns

1. The Conflict Between Informal Politics and Urban Planning Around the World

2. The Global Relationship Between Clientelism and Urban Growth

3. Transitioning Away from Clientelism: Global Cases

Part II. Politics and Planning in Urban Ghana

4. Urban Informality and Planning Failure in Ghana

5. How Clientelism Undermines Planning in Ghana

6. Chiefs, Thugs, and Boundaries: Other Political Constraints to Planning in Ghana

7. How Sodom and Gomorrah Survive: The Case of "Ghana's Biggest Slum"

Part III. Politically Adaptive Planning

8. Seeking a Way Forward for Planning

9. A Politically Adaptive Approach to Planning

Conclusion. Recognizing the Play Being Staged

Appendix

Notes

Bibliography

Index Acknowledgments

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• Política e governo
• Planeamento urbano e municipal
• Assistência social e serviços sociais

urban planning; informal settlements; slums; urban expansion; clientelism; informal politics; Ghana; global South; poor poverty; political support; patronage; governance; affordable housing; neoliberalism; globalization; local; how cities grow; infrastructure; votes; public services; landowner