Working the System offers key insights into the politics of the everyday in twenty-first-century
dominant party and neo-authoritarian regimes in Africa and elsewhere. Detailing the many …

This article examines state-led housing delivery in post-war Angola as an instrument of
developmental patrimonialism. It draws on a growing literature on political settlements to …

A burgeoning literature looks into the processes and actors involved in the adoption and
emulation of best practices and models of urban policy and development across the globe …

The urban studies literature has extensively analysed the modernist, developmental or
neoliberal drivers of urban restructuring in the global South, but has largely overlooked the …

Many cities in Africa have experienced building booms over the last 15 years. This article
combines theoretical insights from the varieties of capitalism and varieties of residential …

Since the end of the Angolan conflict in 2002, the ruling Movemento Popular de Libertação
de Angola (MPLA) party has been promoting a 'master narrative'of 'peace and …

This article explores the notion of a 'culture of immediatism'that characterises the current
political and socio-economic environment of Angola, according to residents of its capital …

From Water to Wine explores how Angola has changed since the end of its civil war in 2002.
Its focus is the middle class-defined in the book as those with a house, a car, and an …

The study of Africa's new developments and satellite cities has been mostly led under the
fundamentally aesthetic typology of 'urban fantasies'. This provides important elements for a …

Since its inauguration in 2011, the New City of Kilamba has become one of the most
emblematic examples of the Chinese-funded spectacle of reconstruction in post-war Angola …