Books in the Berliner Studien Zur Politik in Afrika series

The key obstacles to successful implementation of the Kenya Slum Upgrading Program in Kibera include poverty, corruption, tribalism, political interpretation of the project aims, bureaucracy, slum oriented businesses (kadogo economy), NGO activity and youth unemployment.

This case study on inequalities in India and South Africa focuses on land reform politics, their determinants and their effects on the poor and on agricultural and economic development. An institutionalist approach combined with discourse analysis provides a coherent picture of the institutional setting and the norms and interests driving actors.