Urban Planning in a World of Informal Politics

Chandan Deuskar has several years of experience working on urban development in Asia, Africa, and elsewhere, with the World Bank and other organizations. He holds degrees in city planning and architecture from the University of Pennsylvania, MIT, and Columbia University. He was raised in Mumbai, India, and currently lives in Washington, DC.

• Introduction. The Challenge of Planning the Informal CityPart I. Global Patterns1. The Conflict Between Informal Politics and Urban Planning Around the World2. The Global Relationship Between Clientelism and Urban Growth3. Transitioning Away from Clientelism: Global CasesPart II. Politics and Planning in Urban Ghana4. Urban Informality and Planning Failure in Ghana5. How Clientelism Undermines Planning in Ghana6. Chiefs, Thugs, and Boundaries: Other Political Constraints to Planning in Ghana7. How Sodom and Gomorrah Survive: The Case of "Ghana's Biggest Slum"Part III. Politically Adaptive Planning8. Seeking a Way Forward for Planning9. A Politically Adaptive Approach to PlanningConclusion. Recognizing the Play Being StagedAppendixNotesBibliographyIndex Acknowledgments

"Urban Planning in a World of Informal Politics provides a valuable perspective to understandand solve challenges to urban planning practices in the Global South...Deuskar has helped demonstrate [that] great opportunitiesremain for better managing informal urbanization toaccommodate population increase in these areas. The book is highly recommended for Ghanaian and Southern planning professionals, considering the hidden successes that practitioners could help uncover. It also serves as an excellent introductory book for academic and public policy–interested audiences engaging in a world of informal politics beyond the Global South." (Journal of the American Planning Association) "Urban Planning in a World of Informal Politics offers valuable insights, effectively bridging worlds of policymaking and academic pursuits. Anybody interested in the present and future of cities in the Global South should read it." (Journal of Urban Affairs)