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This book is the first to consider the roles, challenges and governance responses of secondary cities in southern Africa to changing circumstances. Among the challenges are governance under conditions of resource scarcity, managing informality, the effects and responses to climate change and the changing roles of the cities within the national space economy. It fills the gap in the literature on secondary cities with original case studies drawn from South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. The authors are all African scholars, working and living in the region with intimate knowledge of the settings they describe. The book is critical as it includes such regional case studies of different secondary cities in Southern Africa but also because of it’s multidisciplinarity: it contains substantive and pertinent issues such as climate change, disaster management, local economic development, and basic services delivery. It considers diverse environments, yet with similar challenges that could provide useful policy and governance proposals for other cities.

Urban policy. --- Political science. --- Urban Policy. --- Governance and Government.

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"An innovative book that sheds new light on the government of disasters through a fine and empirically sound case study that reminds us of the central role of states in defining the contours of security and in extending the domain of crisis. A brilliant book that is particularly recommended reading in times of crisis." —Sandrine Revet, Senior Researcher, Sciences Po-CERI, France “… a provocative and illuminating study of how efforts to construct a policy domain of disaster management laid the groundwork for the modern South African state. The book shines in its meticulous empirical analysis, showcasing how struggles to define legitimate sources of danger and deserving objects of protection, produced the state’s scientific and bureaucratic institutions and transformed the nation’s history and politics.” —Saptarishi Bandopadhyay, Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Canada This book examines the history of disaster management in South Africa, showing how experts, professionals and policymakers have crafted and implemented disaster policies from the mid-twentieth century to the present day. It assesses the ways in which states become concerned with disasters, the extent to which disaster management contributes toward state formation, and who and what disaster management protects. It also considers the ways in which the politics of protection continuously shift as political regimes change. In telling the story of how policies surrounding disaster protection have evolved in South Africa, the book demonstrates how the security apparatus that shaped disaster management was re-oriented in the twenty-first century towards development, alongside bureaucratic reforms that aimed to democratize the state. By examining the wider context of the globalization of disaster management, it also highlights the often unrecognised role of experts from Africa, Latin America and Asia in shaping global disaster policies. The book will appeal to scholars and students of disaster governance, public policy, state formation, and African politics. Lydie Cabane is Assistant Professor in Governance of Crises at Leiden University, The Netherlands. Her research interests include public policy, expertise, and the governance of crises. .

Political science. --- Public administration. --- Governance and Government. --- Public Administration. --- Hazard mitigation --- South Africa --- Politics and government.

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This volume uses a case study approach to present data on the relevance and effectiveness of the strategic actions implemented by NGOs, IGOs and governments at national, regional, and international scales, drawing lessons and recommendations to enhance the capacity of governments and institutions to deliver on climate change adaptation and sustainable development initiatives. The authors provide insights to policymakers, community leaders, students and researchers working on climate change adaptation and resilience-building practices and strategies in vulnerable communities, including small island developing states and post-conflict states, focusing on innovative management practices and institutional capacity building. The cases presented here provide insights into how institutions can strengthen local, national, and regional capacities to adapt to climate change and other calamities.

Politics --- Public administration --- overheid --- politiek --- Sustainability. --- Political science. --- Governance and Government.

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This open access book develops a conceptual framework for glocal governance as a multi-stakeholder local governance approach based on global human rights norms and democratic principles. It discusses glocal governance as part of an ongoing global transformation process that began in the 1990s, when democracy and individualizing responsibilities for governance became the dominant political system worldwide, and continues through today’s dawn of a New Cold War between those countries which have democratized and those which haven’t. This book will intrigue practitioners and scholars alike who are interested in the concepts of glocality and glocalism, local-global connectivity, and the implementation and dissemination of global norms and concepts such as human rights and democracy, at the local and community level as well as among civil society and private enterprises. The author argues that global norms have now become universal benchmarks which private, political, and civil actors use to assess day-to-day situations and market developments, and to make their decisions accordingly. This book will appeal to students, practitioners, and scholars of the social sciences and humanities who are interested in governance, human rights, public diplomacy and international relations; and in conceptualizing mechanisms for governing and enforcing political decisions locally, on the basis of global universal principles, international norms, and laws.

Political science. --- Human rights. --- Globalization. --- Governance and Government. --- Politics and Human Rights.

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Maximilian Schiffers entwickelt in dieser Studie das Argument für eine indirekte Forschungsstrategie, um die Frage des Interessengruppeneinflusses zu behandeln. Anhand von Koordinierungsgremien von Regierungen und Interessengruppen der Energiewendepolitik konstruiert er eine Einflusskonzeption mit Schwerpunkt auf Politikkoordination. Hintergrund ist die Diskrepanz zwischen starken theoretischen Erwartungen und unschlüssigen empirischen Ergebnissen im Forschungsstand. Die vergleichende Studie identifiziert kooperative und konfrontative Strategietypen der Interessenvermittlung im Spannungsfeld von Interessen und Argumenten. Die Ergebnisse zeigen einen Zusammenhang von Policy-Ziel, Strategiewahl und Einflusserfolg bei Formen kooperativer Politik. Der Inhalt Kooperative Politik als indirekte Herangehensweise zur Frage des Interessengruppeneinflusses Das Problem der direkten Einflussabbildung Forschungsheuristik und Methodologie: Congruence Analysis und skalierende Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse Das Zusammenspiel von Regierungen und Interessengruppen in der Energiewendepolitik Die Zielgruppen Dozierende und Studierende der Politikwissenschaft Praktikerinnen und Praktiker der Interessenvermittlung in Verbänden, NGOs und Politik Der Autor Dr. Maximilian Schiffers ist wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter an der NRW School of Governance, Institut für Politikwissenschaft, Universität Duisburg-Essen. Sein Forschungsschwerpunkt ist die Lobbying- und Interessengruppenforschung.

Political science. --- Comparative politics. --- Germany—Politics and government. --- Governance and Government. --- Comparative Politics. --- German Politics.