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Urban Forum (2008) 19:105–107 DOI 10.1007/s12132-008-9024-y Unlawful Occupation: Informal Settlements and Urban Policy in South Africa and Brazil Marie Huchzermeyer, Trenton, Africa World Press, Inc. 2004, 274 pp., US$29.95, ISBN 1-59221-211-5 Resetselemang Clement Leduka Published online: 20 February 2008 Springer Science + Business Media B.V. 2008 This book is about the South African policy of informal settlements, and the lessons that South Africa might derive from Brazil. The book contains eight chapters, which are organised into three parts. Chapter one spells out the central aim of the book, which is to urge for a paradigm shift in South African informal settlement policy, from what the author describes as neo-liberal ‘paradigm of individualised, standardised and product-oriented intervention’, to a paradigm that perceives informal settlements as socio-political entities that require policy intervention that is sympathetic to people and their livelihoods. The author suggests that because of its long history of informal settlements and innovative policy responses, Brazil might be a source of inspiration for such policy. In chapter two, the author reviews shifts in international policy debates on informal settlements, with a focus on influences by bilateral and multi-lateral agencies, especially the World Bank. Structural adjustment policies, global poverty concerns, good
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Published: Feb 20, 2008
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