Megacities [[electronic resource] ] : the politics of urban exclusion and violence in the global south / / edited by Kees Koonings and Dirk Kruijt

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Zed Books, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (209 p.)
• Disciplina: 307.764
• Soggetto topico: Urban poor - Developing countries; Urban poor - Southern Hemisphere; Marginality, Social - Developing countries; Marginality, Social - Southern Hemisphere; Urban violence - Developing countries; Urban violence - Southern Hemisphere; Cities and towns - Developing countries - Growth; Cities and towns - Southern Hemisphere - Growth; Urbanization - Southern Hemisphere; Urbanization - Developing countries
• Soggetto geografico: Developing countries Social conditions Congresses; Southern Hemisphere Social conditions Congresses
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: KooningsKees KruijtDirk
• Note generali: "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.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 178-194) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Prelims; 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 ; PART 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
• Sommario/riassunto: Featuring 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Megacities
• ISBN: 1-84813-731-1; 1-282-47307-7; 9786612473074; 1-84813-490-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910457226503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II