Johannesburg is most often compared with Sao Paulo and Los Angeles and sometimes even with Budapest, Calcutta and Jerusalem. Johannesburg reflects and informs conditions in cities around the world. As might be expected from such comparisons, South Africa's political transformation has not led to redistribution and inclusive social change in Johannesburg. In Emerging Johannesburg the contributors describe the city's transition from a post apartheid city to one with all too familiar issues such as urban/suburban divide in the city and its relationship to poverty and socio-political power, local politics and governance, crime and violence, and, especially for a city located in Southern Africa, the devastating impact of AIDS.

Acknowledgments Introduction, Editors Part I. Reorganizing Space 1.The Post-Apartheid Struggle for an Integrated Johannesburg, Editors 2.Villas of the Highveld: A Cultural Perspective on Johannesburg and Its Northern Suburbs, Andre P. Czegledy 3.The Race, Class and Space of Shopping in Johannesburg, Richard Tomlinson and Pauline Larsen 4. New Forms of Class and Racial Segregation in Johannesburg: Ghettos or Ethnic Enclaves? Ulrich Jurgens, Martin Gnad & Jurgen Bahr 5. Property Investors and Decentralization: A Case of False Competition? Soraya Goga Part II. Experiencing Change 6. Making a Living in the City: Clothing Manufacturers in Johannesburg, Anna Kesper 7. Violent Crime in Johannesburg, Ingrid Palmary, Janine Rauch, & Graeme Simpson) 8. On Becoming and Belonging in African Cities, Graeme Gotz and AbdouMaliq Simone Photographic Essay: Kliptown, Our Town Part III. Governing/Institution-Building 9. Reclaiming Democratic Spaces: Civics and Politics in Post-Transition Johannesburg, Patrick Heller 10. HIV/AIDS: Implications for Local Governance, Housing and Delivery of Services, Elizabeth Thomas 11. Social Differentiation and Urban Governance in Greater Soweto: Post-Apartheid Meadowlands, Jo Beall, Owen Crankshaw & Susan Parnell 12. The Limits of Law: Social Rights and Urban Development, Erica Emdon 13. Johannesburg Art Gallery and the Urban Future, Jillian Carman Photographic Essay: Rodney Place and ZAR Works, RETREKS, post-CARDS Part IV. Re-Representing 14. Johannesburg's Futures: Beyond Developmentalism and Global Success, Jennifer Robinson 15. Johannesburg in Flight From Itself: How Political Culture Shapes Urban Discourse, Xolela Mangcu 16. Negotiating the Post-Apartheid City Editors About The Editors Contributing Authors Index