Overview

Third World urbanization is accompanied with declining trends in economic growth and appalling conditions of urban poverty. Lugalla provides an in-depth analysis of the `rocess of urbanization in Tanzania during the period of crisis and policies of adjustments, focusing mainly on their impact on the socio-economic conditions of life in the urban areas. While using a case study of Tanzania, this book can be useful in observing what happens in other African countries that are also experiencing a severe social and economic crisis and have adopted, or are planning to adopt, the adjustment policies. Contents: Abbreviations; Tables; Colonialism and the History of Urbanization in Tanzania; The Post-Colonial State and the Urbanization Process: 1961-1993; The Politics and Problems of Urban Housing; Squatter Settlements and the Politics of Urban Poverty in Dar-Es-Salaam: A Case Study of Three Settlements; The Crisis in Urban Civic and Social Service Facilities and Urban Poverty; Urban Poverty and Survival Politics; The State and the Urban Poor; Conclusion: How Tanzania Should Proceed From Here.

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As one of the more comprehensive studies available of a very complex subject, this book is a success. The author's language is straightforward and his ideas clearly articulated... --Karen Coen Flynn Choice

As one of the more comprehensive studies available of a very complex subject, this book is a success. The author's language is straightforward and his ideas clearly articulated...>>>>--Karen Coen Flynn Choice

As one of the more comprehensive studies available of a very complex subject, this book is a success. The author's language is straightforward and his ideas clearly articulated... -- Karen Coen Flynn, Harvard University * CHOICE * ...sensible [and] sensitive...a study that deserves to be replicated in other African nations... * CHOICE * ...sensible [and] sensitive...a study that deserves to be replicated in other African nations... * CHOICE * As one of the more comprehensive studies available of a very complex subject, this book is a success. The author's language is straightforward and his ideas clearly articulated..."" -- Karen Coen Flynn, Harvard University * CHOICE *

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Joe Lugalla is Senior Lecturer of Sociology at the University of Dar-Es-Salaam in Tanzania. He is currently Senior Visiting Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School.

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