Shaping Claims to Urban Land

This book carries forward two entwined projects. One is an empirical concern with hybridization in the shaping of claim-making practices in peri-urban Bukavu. The other concerns operationalizing the concept of 'hybridity' through Foucault's governmentality. The book provides a thought-provoking, ste...

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Main Author: van Overbeek, Fons
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2025
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Online Access:ONIX_20250507_9783110734539_4
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Summary:This book carries forward two entwined projects. One is an empirical concern with hybridization in the shaping of claim-making practices in peri-urban Bukavu. The other concerns operationalizing the concept of 'hybridity' through Foucault's governmentality. The book provides a thought-provoking, step-by-step guidance for those seeking to apply a more ethnographically appropriate reading of governmentality to study governance in the post-colony.