Responsabilités
Coordinateur Master in Urban Studies
School of Architecture and Planning : Yeoville Studio
+27.11.7177718
Professeure à University of the Witwatersrand of Johannesburg (South Africa)
Coordinateur Master in Urban Studies
Ecole Normale Superieure (Ulm-Sèvres)
Agrégation de Géographie
Doctorat en Géographie
Maitre de conférences, Géographie, Université Aix Marseille
Maitre de conférences, Urbanisme Université du Witwaterstand (Johannesburg)
Professeur (associate Professor) Universite du Witwatersrand
Histories and Futures of Planning
Politics, Governance and the City
Community Participation in Urban Governance: Theories, Discourses, Practices
Gouvernement local, participation locale, clientélisme, leadership politique local
Justice et ville, politique urbaine, changement urbain
A paraître :
Claire Bénit-Gbaffou, Obvious Katsaura, “Community leaders and the construction of political legitimacy. Unpacking Bourdieu’s political capital in post-apartheid Johannesburg. Accepted for publication in International Journal of Urban and Regional Studies.
Philippe Gervais-Lambony, Claire Bénit-Gbaffou, Alain Musset, Jean-Luc Piermay, Sabine Planel (eds), La justice spatiale et la ville, regards du Sud. Paris : Editions Karthala, forthcoming 2014 (in press)
Paru récemment :
Claire Bénit-Gbaffou, avec Alain Dubresson, Laurent Fourchard, Karine Ginisty, Sylvy Jaglin, Ayo Olukoju, Sam Owuor, Jeanne Vivet, “Exploring the role of political parties in the governance of African Cities”, in Fourchard L, Bekker S, Governing cities in Africa: Politics and Policies, Cape Town: HSRC Press, 2013, pp. 17-41.
Claire Bénit-Gbaffou, Eulenda Mkwanazi, « Expressions de la xénophobie en réunion publique et construction d’une identité de quartier – le rôle des leaders locaux (Yeoville, Johannesburg) », Politique Africaine, 2012, 127, pp. 109-134.
Claire Bénit-Gbaffou, “Party politics, civil society and local democracy – Reflections from Johannesburg”, Geoforum, 2012, 43(2), pp. 178-189.
Claire Bénit-Gbaffou, “Yeoville Studio: Negotiating the line between Research and Activism”, in Edjabe N, Pieterse E, (eds), 2011, The African Cities Reader II: Mobilities and Fixtures, Cape Town: Chimurenga, pp. 196-201. Available on africancitiesreader@chimurenga.co.za.
Claire Bénit-Gbaffou, „‘Up close and personal’ – How does local democracy help the poor access the state? Stories of accountability and clientelism in Johannesburg”, Journal of Asian and African Studies, 2011, 46(5), pp. 453-464.