Mains Under Construction

Technologies of Development in Urban Ethiopia
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-4780-0704-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 240 Seiten

Daniel Mains explores the intersection of infrastructural development and governance in contemporary Ethiopia by examining the conflicts surrounding the construction of specific infrastructural technologies and how that construction impacts the daily lives of Ethiopians.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mains, Daniel

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction. Foundations for Development: Infrastructure, the State, and Construction 1
1. Constructing a Renaissance: Hydropower and the Temporal Politics of Development 29
2. Asphalt Roads, Regulating Infrastructures, and Improvised Lives 58
3. Feeling Change through Dirt and Water: The Affective Politics of Urban Development of Jimma, 2009–2015 92
4. Governing the Bajaj: States, Markets, and Multiple Materialisms 121
5. What Can a Stone Do? Cobblestone Roads, Governance, and Labor 151
Conclusion. The Time of Construction 181
Notes 193
References 203
Index 217

Über Autor(innen)

Daniel Mains is Wick Cary Associate Professor of Anthropology and African Studies at the University of Oklahoma and author of Hope Is Cut: Youth, Unemployment, and the Future in Urban Ethiopia.