Sylvia Croese is Assistant Professor in the Department of Global and International Studies at the University of California, Irvine. She was previously based in South Africa, where she remains a Visiting Senior Lecturer at the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of the Witwatersrand and a Research Associate with the African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town. Her work examines the intersection of urban politics, planning and governance in African cities.

• Introduction: Gradualist Lawfare Part I. The Letter of the Law 1: Neither Subject nor Citizen 2: The Rise and Fall of People's Power Part II. The Life of the Law 3: Inside the Government, Outside the Law 4: Localizing Decentralization Part III. The Work of the Law 5: Reconfiguring Local Power 6: Bringing Residents' Committees Back into Law Conclusion: Towards a Radical Gradualism

Sylvia Croese is Assistant Professor in the Department of Global and International Studies at the University of California, Irvine. She was previously based in South Africa, where she remains a Visiting Senior Lecturer at the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of the Witwatersrand and a Research Associate with the African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town. Her work examines the intersection of urban politics, planning and governance in African cities.

• Introduction: Gradualist Lawfare Part I. The Letter of the Law 1: Neither Subject nor Citizen 2: The Rise and Fall of People's Power Part II. The Life of the Law 3: Inside the Government, Outside the Law 4: Localizing Decentralization Part III. The Work of the Law 5: Reconfiguring Local Power 6: Bringing Residents' Committees Back into Law Conclusion: Towards a Radical Gradualism

Sylvia Croese is Assistant Professor in the Department of Global and International Studies at the University of California, Irvine. She was previously based in South Africa, where she remains a Visiting Senior Lecturer at the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of the Witwatersrand and a Research Associate with the African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town. Her work examines the intersection of urban politics, planning and governance in African cities.

• Introduction: Gradualist Lawfare Part I. The Letter of the Law 1: Neither Subject nor Citizen 2: The Rise and Fall of People's Power Part II. The Life of the Law 3: Inside the Government, Outside the Law 4: Localizing Decentralization Part III. The Work of the Law 5: Reconfiguring Local Power 6: Bringing Residents' Committees Back into Law Conclusion: Towards a Radical Gradualism