 | The Political Economy of Government Subsidised Housing in South Africa Subjects: Area Studies; Built Environment; Global Development; Economics Finance Business & Industry; Politics & International Relations; Social Sciences; Urban Studies; African Studies; Development Policy; Cities & Infrastructure; Planning; Regional Development; Economics; Public Administration & Management; Sociology & Social Policy; African Politics; African Economics; African Geography; African Development; Housing and Communities; Africa - Regional Development; Political Economy; Public Policy; Social Policy; This book unpacks the political economy of government subsidised housing programmes in South Africa. Exploring government policy towards subsidised housing in South Africa, this edited collection analyses various programmes, their shortcomings and potential options to address these weaknesses in the context of a country suffering from an exponential demand for housing in the face of insufficient supply. The Political Economy of Government Subsidised Housing in South Africa looks at the complex and contested nature of the issue in post-apartheid South Africa, stimulating debate and knowledge sharing on housing programmes, proffering solutions to the issue. The book explores the issue from both practical and intellectual standpoints, exploring the relationship between historical institutional legacies and contemporary power structures, and their role in provision of housing for the growing population of South Africa. This book will be of great interest to students of urban and regional planning, political economy, development studies, and African studies. Sithembiso Lindelihle Myeni is a Lecturer in Housing and Planning at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, and is a Cannon Collins Educational Trust and Ford Foundation Alumnus. He serves as a Principal Investigator for the Sustainable Human Settlements Decision Support Tools and the Municipal Innovation Maturity Index Research Projects. Andrew Emmanuel Okem is a Science Officer in the School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. He is a co-Principal Investigator for the Sustainable Human Settlements Decision Support Tools |
