The first major work on sub-Saharan Africa's lone global city, Emerging Johannesburg explores the transformation of one the most important African cities in the post-apartheid era. In recent years, South Africa has progressed a great deal politically, but faces many of the same staggering problems that other sub-Saharan states face, particularly crime, violence, poverty, and AIDS. Contributors to the volume address these and other issues, including the urban/suburban divide in the city and its relationship to poverty and socio-political power; local politics and governance; the devastating impact of AIDS; and the effect of post-apartheid life ordinary residents. A powerful and imaginative book, Emerging Johannesburg will make a significant and lasting contribution to the literature on post-apartheid Johannesburg. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.