Li Pernegger recently completed a postdoctoral fellow at the Witwatersrand School of Governance, South Africa and a former official in city and national governments. She has over 25 years of project, programme and strategic management experience in complex built-environment and socio-economic initiatives. She is currently an advisor on urban development and local governance matters to the National Treasury of South Africa.

This book combines an innovative approach to the investigation of state-society relations with a rich account of Johannesburg's contested governance. Its depth and insight will be valued by scholars of Urban Studies, Politics, and Planning.

• 1. Strife and the State2. Agonism in Public Practice3. Johannesburg's Conflict and Governance Timeline4. Water Wars of Orange Farm5. Informal Trading Struggle in the Inner City6. Billing Backlash by Middle-Class Suburbia7. Agonism's PossibilitiesFinal Reflections

Li Pernegger recently completed a postdoctoral fellow at the Witwatersrand School of Governance, South Africa and a former official in city and national governments. She has over 25 years of project, programme and strategic management experience in complex built-environment and socio-economic initiatives. She is currently an advisor on urban development and local governance matters to the National Treasury of South Africa.

This book combines an innovative approach to the investigation of state-society relations with a rich account of Johannesburg's contested governance. Its depth and insight will be valued by scholars of Urban Studies, Politics, and Planning.

• 1. Strife and the State2. Agonism in Public Practice3. Johannesburg's Conflict and Governance Timeline4. Water Wars of Orange Farm5. Informal Trading Struggle in the Inner City6. Billing Backlash by Middle-Class Suburbia7. Agonism's PossibilitiesFinal Reflections

Li Pernegger recently completed a postdoctoral fellow at the Witwatersrand School of Governance, South Africa and a former official in city and national governments. She has over 25 years of project, programme and strategic management experience in complex built-environment and socio-economic initiatives. She is currently an advisor on urban development and local governance matters to the National Treasury of South Africa.

This book combines an innovative approach to the investigation of state-society relations with a rich account of Johannesburg's contested governance. Its depth and insight will be valued by scholars of Urban Studies, Politics, and Planning.

• 1. Strife and the State2. Agonism in Public Practice3. Johannesburg's Conflict and Governance Timeline4. Water Wars of Orange Farm5. Informal Trading Struggle in the Inner City6. Billing Backlash by Middle-Class Suburbia7. Agonism's PossibilitiesFinal Reflections