Megacities : the politics of urban exclusion and violence in the global south /
Megacities : the politics of urban exclusion and violence in the global south /
edited by Kees Koonings and Dirk Kruijt
- London : Zed Books, 2009
- viii, 200 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
'The chapters of this book were originally presented as draft papers at the conference'The politics of urban poverty, exclusion and violence: comparative analysis and policy insights,' organized in The Hague on 27 and 28 September 2007'--P. vii.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 178-194) and index
The rise of megacities and the urbanization of informality, exclusion and violence / Dirk Kruijt and Kees Koonings -- From popular movements to drug gangs to militias : an anatomy of violence in Rio de Janeiro / Robert Gay -- Megacity's violence and its consequences in Rio de Janeiro / Janice Perlman -- Coping with urban violence : state and community responses to crime and insecurity in Guayaquil, Ecuador / Caroline Moser -- Middle Eastern megacities : social exclusion, popular movements and the quiet encroachment of the urban poor / Asef Bayat -- Urban governance and the paradox of conflict / Jo Beall -- Shoot the citizen, save the customer : participatory budgeting and bare citizenship in Porto Alegre, Brazil / Sgio Baierle -- Crisis of the state, violence in the city / Mariano Aguirre -- Urban exclusion and the (false) assumptions of spatial policy reform in South Africa / Susan Parnell and Owen Crankshaw -- Conclusions : governing exclusion and violence in megacities / Kees Koonings and Dirk Kruijt.
9781848132962 (pb) 1848132964 (pb) 9781848132955 (hb) 1848132956 (hb) 9781848134904 (eb) 1848134908 (eb)
2010-280514
Urban poor--Developing countries--Congresses
Urban poor--Southern Hemisphere--Congresses
Marginality, Social--Developing countries--Congresses
Marginality, Social--Southern Hemisphere--Congresses
Urban violence--Developing countries--Congresses
Urban violence--Southern Hemisphere--Congresses.
Cities and towns--Growth--Developing countries--Congresses
Cities and towns--Growth--Southern Hemisphere--Congresses.
Urbanization--Southern Hemisphere--Congresses
Urbanization--Developing countries--Congresses
Developing countries--Social conditions--Congresses
Southern Hemisphere--Social conditions--Congresses
'The chapters of this book were originally presented as draft papers at the conference'The politics of urban poverty, exclusion and violence: comparative analysis and policy insights,' organized in The Hague on 27 and 28 September 2007'--P. vii.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 178-194) and index
The rise of megacities and the urbanization of informality, exclusion and violence / Dirk Kruijt and Kees Koonings -- From popular movements to drug gangs to militias : an anatomy of violence in Rio de Janeiro / Robert Gay -- Megacity's violence and its consequences in Rio de Janeiro / Janice Perlman -- Coping with urban violence : state and community responses to crime and insecurity in Guayaquil, Ecuador / Caroline Moser -- Middle Eastern megacities : social exclusion, popular movements and the quiet encroachment of the urban poor / Asef Bayat -- Urban governance and the paradox of conflict / Jo Beall -- Shoot the citizen, save the customer : participatory budgeting and bare citizenship in Porto Alegre, Brazil / Sgio Baierle -- Crisis of the state, violence in the city / Mariano Aguirre -- Urban exclusion and the (false) assumptions of spatial policy reform in South Africa / Susan Parnell and Owen Crankshaw -- Conclusions : governing exclusion and violence in megacities / Kees Koonings and Dirk Kruijt.
9781848132962 (pb) 1848132964 (pb) 9781848132955 (hb) 1848132956 (hb) 9781848134904 (eb) 1848134908 (eb)
2010-280514
Urban poor--Developing countries--Congresses
Urban poor--Southern Hemisphere--Congresses
Marginality, Social--Developing countries--Congresses
Marginality, Social--Southern Hemisphere--Congresses
Urban violence--Developing countries--Congresses
Urban violence--Southern Hemisphere--Congresses.
Cities and towns--Growth--Developing countries--Congresses
Cities and towns--Growth--Southern Hemisphere--Congresses.
Urbanization--Southern Hemisphere--Congresses
Urbanization--Developing countries--Congresses
Developing countries--Social conditions--Congresses
Southern Hemisphere--Social conditions--Congresses