Fiona Anciano is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Political Studies at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. Her research areas include civil society, democracy, and urban politics.Laurence Piper is Professor of Political Studies at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa and visiting Professor at the University West, Sweden. His research area is urban politics in the Global South.

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• Introduction: The paradox of more participation and less satisfaction with democracy 1. The Republic of Hout Bay: A house divided 2. A River of Grime: governing water and waste 3. Selling the Mountain: property, housing and neo-apartheid segregation 4. Defending the shack: the politics of developmental governance 5. Poaching the bay: turning fisherfolk into smugglers 6. Upgrading Imizamo Yethu: contests of governance and belonging 7. Taxis, Violence and Leadership in Imizamo Yethu 8. Protesting Chapman’s Peak Toll Road: Market governance versus environmental politics 9. Guarding the bay: securing safety beyond the police Conclusion: democracy, governance, and neo- apartheid

Fiona Anciano is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Political Studies at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. Her research areas include civil society, democracy, and urban politics.Laurence Piper is Professor of Political Studies at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa and visiting Professor at the University West, Sweden. His research area is urban politics in the Global South.

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• Introduction: The paradox of more participation and less satisfaction with democracy 1. The Republic of Hout Bay: A house divided 2. A River of Grime: governing water and waste 3. Selling the Mountain: property, housing and neo-apartheid segregation 4. Defending the shack: the politics of developmental governance 5. Poaching the bay: turning fisherfolk into smugglers 6. Upgrading Imizamo Yethu: contests of governance and belonging 7. Taxis, Violence and Leadership in Imizamo Yethu 8. Protesting Chapman’s Peak Toll Road: Market governance versus environmental politics 9. Guarding the bay: securing safety beyond the police Conclusion: democracy, governance, and neo- apartheid

Fiona Anciano is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Political Studies at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. Her research areas include civil society, democracy, and urban politics.Laurence Piper is Professor of Political Studies at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa and visiting Professor at the University West, Sweden. His research area is urban politics in the Global South.

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• Introduction: The paradox of more participation and less satisfaction with democracy 1. The Republic of Hout Bay: A house divided 2. A River of Grime: governing water and waste 3. Selling the Mountain: property, housing and neo-apartheid segregation 4. Defending the shack: the politics of developmental governance 5. Poaching the bay: turning fisherfolk into smugglers 6. Upgrading Imizamo Yethu: contests of governance and belonging 7. Taxis, Violence and Leadership in Imizamo Yethu 8. Protesting Chapman’s Peak Toll Road: Market governance versus environmental politics 9. Guarding the bay: securing safety beyond the police Conclusion: democracy, governance, and neo- apartheid