LEADER 04284nam 2200841Ia 450 001 9910457226503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-84813-731-1 010 $a1-282-47307-7 010 $a9786612473074 010 $a1-84813-490-8 035 $a(CKB)2550000000006881 035 $a(EBL)482400 035 $a(OCoLC)609855631 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000363079 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11278301 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000363079 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10386906 035 $a(PQKB)11195226 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC482400 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL482400 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10365007 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL247307 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000006881 100 $a20091102d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aMegacities$b[electronic resource] $ethe politics of urban exclusion and violence in the global south /$fedited by Kees Koonings and Dirk Kruijt 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cZed Books$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (209 p.) 300 $a"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. 311 $a1-84813-296-4 311 $a1-84813-295-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 178-194) and index. 327 $aPrelims; Introduction; 1 - The rise of megacities and the urbanization of informality, exclusion and violence; PART ONE: The social dynamics of exclusion and violence in megacities; 2 - From popular movements to drug gangs to militias: an anatomy of violence in Rio de Janeiro; 3 - Megacity's violence and its consequences in Rio de Janeiro; 4 - Coping with urban violence: state and community responses to crime and insecurity in Guayaquil, Ecuador; 5 - Middle Eastern megacities: social exclusion, popular movements and the quiet encroachment of the urban poor 327 $aPART TWO: Political and policy dimensions of urban exclusion and violence6 - Urban governance and the paradox of conflict; 7 - Shoot the citizen, save the customer: participatory budgeting and bare citizenship in Porto Alegre, Brazil; 8 - Crisis of the state, violence in the city; 9 - Urban exclusion and the (false) assumptions of spatial policy reform in South Africa; Conclusions: governing exclusion and violence in megacities; Bibliography; Index 330 $aFeaturing case studies from across the globe, including Latin America, the Middle East and Africa, Megacities examines recent worldwide trends in poverty and social exclusion, urban violence and politics, and links these to the challenges faced by policy-makers and practitioners. 606 $aUrban poor$zDeveloping countries$vCongresses 606 $aUrban poor$zSouthern Hemisphere$vCongresses 606 $aMarginality, Social$zDeveloping countries$vCongresses 606 $aMarginality, Social$zSouthern Hemisphere$vCongresses 606 $aUrban violence$zDeveloping countries$vCongresses 606 $aUrban violence$zSouthern Hemisphere$vCongresses 606 $aCities and towns$zDeveloping countries$xGrowth$vCongresses 606 $aCities and towns$zSouthern Hemisphere$xGrowth$vCongresses 606 $aUrbanization$zSouthern Hemisphere$vCongresses 606 $aUrbanization$zDeveloping countries$vCongresses 607 $aDeveloping countries$xSocial conditions$vCongresses 607 $aSouthern Hemisphere$xSocial conditions$vCongresses 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aUrban poor 615 0$aUrban poor 615 0$aMarginality, Social 615 0$aMarginality, Social 615 0$aUrban violence 615 0$aUrban violence 615 0$aCities and towns$xGrowth 615 0$aCities and towns$xGrowth 615 0$aUrbanization 615 0$aUrbanization 676 $a307.764 701 $aKoonings$b Kees$0978019 701 $aKruijt$b Dirk$0978020 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457226503321 996 $aMegacities$92228018 997 $aUNINA