1st Edition
Urban Livelihoods, Institutions and Inclusive Governance in Nairobi 'Spaces' and their Impacts on Quality of Life, Influence and Political Rights
By Bob Hendriks
Copyright 2010
408 Pages
by
Routledge
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This study formulates conditions for sustainable impacts of inclusive and responsive governance through ‘invited spaces’ offered by the government and ‘claimed spaces’ created by the poor. The study questions how increased contributions to poverty reduction and improvement of quality of life for Nairobi citizens can be realised in an equitable and responsible way, while contributing to development... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Inclusive governance: spaces and impacts on quality of life, influence and political rights 3. Methodology 4. The national institutional context 5. The metropolitan institutional context 6. Individually claimed spaces,7. Collectively claimed spaces, 8. Invited spaces, 9. Conclusions, Bibliography, Appendix, Summary, NEDERLANDSE SAMENVATTING.
Biography
Bob Hendriks (1964) studied the Science of Policy and Administration at the Radboud University Nijmegen. From 1994 to 1999 he worked with international NGOs and as self-employed on issues concerning the slums of Nairobi, Kenya. From 2002 he pursued his Ph.D. on inclusive governance in Nairobi as an external candidate with the University of Amsterdam. This was next to his work as an advisor and programme manager with the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment and more recently as an independent international consultant.
