Urban Governance, Voice, and Poverty in the Developing World
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| Autore: |
Devas Nick
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| Titolo: |
Urban Governance, Voice, and Poverty in the Developing World
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Routledge, Oct. 2004 |
| Florence, : Taylor & Francis Group [distributor] | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 339.4/6/091724 |
| Soggetto topico: | Urban poor - Developing countries |
| Poverty - Developing countries | |
| Municipal government - Developing countries | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-218) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Urban Governance, Voice and Poverty in the Developing World; Copyright; Contents; List of Photographs; List of Figures, Tables and Boxes; The Research Team; About the Authors; Preface; Acknowledgements and Disclaimer; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Introduction; The research and its key message; How have urban governance and poverty been considered in previous work?; The city case studies; Outline of the book; Chapter 2: Urban Poverty and Governance in an Era of Globalization, Decentralization and Democratization; Urban poverty; Urban governance; Global shifts |
| ConclusionChapter 3: Economic Growth, Urban Poverty and City Governance; Introduction; Do the poor benefit from city economic growth?; City economic growth and poverty reduction; City goverance and economic growth; City governance and poverty reduction; Chapter 4: Surviving in the City; Introduction; Framing urban livelihoods; Household livelihood strategies; Wider social networks of the urban poor; Urban governance and the social assets of the poor; Conclusion; Chapter 5: Urban Politics; Introduction; Democratization, decentralization, rights and regime change; Forms of democracy | |
| Actors, power relationships and political practicesConclusion; Chapter 6: Urban Government; New opportunities for responsive city government; Constraints on city government; Generating and managing the financial resources; Responsive city government; Conclusions; Chapter 7: Civil Society Organizations; Introduction; Civil society and urban development; The extent of civil society organizations in the ten cities; Civil society and poverty reduction; The constraints facing civil society; Conclusion; Chapter 8: Regulating the Informal Sector; The importance of the informal sector | |
| Background to the informal sectorThe role of city government in enhancing and protecting the assets of the poor in the informal sector; Regulation of the informal sector; The stories from the cities; Emerging themes; Concluding remarks; Chapter 9: Accessing Land and Services; The challenge; Inadequacies in provision; Gaining access; Access and the nature of urban governance; Conclusions; Chapter 10: Conclusions; City comparisons; Some conclusions on the key research questions; Some implications for policy and governance; Directions for further research; Annex 1: Research Methodology | |
| Annex 2: Urban Governance, Partnerships and Poverty Research Working PapersReferences; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Annotation |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Urban Governance, Voice, and Poverty in the Developing World |
| ISBN: | 1-136-54929-3 |
| 1-84977-368-8 | |
| 1-280-47599-4 | |
| 9786610475995 | |
| 1-136-54930-7 | |
| 600-00-0280-7 | |
| 1-4175-8333-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910783538203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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