Making a Life Bridget N. O'Connor and local housing policies that

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the book culminates with a critical analysis of Salman Rushdie's controversial novel

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Making a Life Bridget N. O'Connor and local housing policies thatMaking a Life explores the dynamic everyday life making strategies of young men in Zandspruit, a sprawling informal settlement on the outskirts of Johannesburg. In many ways Zandspruit typifies the precariousness of life within South Africa, where two thirds of young people lack waged employment. However, rather than seeing Zandspruit as dumping ground, Hannah Dawson calls for an integrated understanding of the complex linkages between people's lives