Megacities:
Megacities: politics of urban exclusion and violence in the global south /
edited by K. Koonings
- London: Zed books, 2009.
- viii, 200 p.
1. The Rise of Megacities and the Urbanization of Informality, Exclusion and Violence - Dirk Kruijt & Kees Koonings--
Part I: 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 by Robert Gay--
3. Megacity's Violence and its Consequences in Rio de Janeiro by Janice Perlman--
4. Coping with Urban Violence: State and Community Responses to Crime and Insecurity in Guayaquil, Ecuador by Caroline Moser--
5. Middle Eastern Megacities: Social Exclusion, Popular Movements and the Quiet Encroachment of the Urban Poor by Asef Bayat--
Part II: Political and Policy Dimensions of Urban Exclusion and Violence--
6. Urban Governance and the Paradox of Conflict by Jo Beall--
7. Shoot the Citizen, Save the Customer: Participatory Budgeting and Bare Citizenship in Porto Alegre, Brazil by Sergio Gregorio Baierle--
8. Crisis of the State, Violence in the City by Mariano Aguirre--
9. Urban Exclusion and the (False) Assumptions of Spatial Policy Reform in South Africa by Susan Parnell and Owen CrankshawConclusions: Governing Exclusion and Violence in Megacities by Kees Koonings & Dirk Kruijt
'Megacities' around the world are becoming the scene for deprivation and exclusion. This book examines world-wide trends in poverty, social exclusion, and urban violence
9781848132955
PL
364.091732 / MEG
1. The Rise of Megacities and the Urbanization of Informality, Exclusion and Violence - Dirk Kruijt & Kees Koonings--
Part I: 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 by Robert Gay--
3. Megacity's Violence and its Consequences in Rio de Janeiro by Janice Perlman--
4. Coping with Urban Violence: State and Community Responses to Crime and Insecurity in Guayaquil, Ecuador by Caroline Moser--
5. Middle Eastern Megacities: Social Exclusion, Popular Movements and the Quiet Encroachment of the Urban Poor by Asef Bayat--
Part II: Political and Policy Dimensions of Urban Exclusion and Violence--
6. Urban Governance and the Paradox of Conflict by Jo Beall--
7. Shoot the Citizen, Save the Customer: Participatory Budgeting and Bare Citizenship in Porto Alegre, Brazil by Sergio Gregorio Baierle--
8. Crisis of the State, Violence in the City by Mariano Aguirre--
9. Urban Exclusion and the (False) Assumptions of Spatial Policy Reform in South Africa by Susan Parnell and Owen CrankshawConclusions: Governing Exclusion and Violence in Megacities by Kees Koonings & Dirk Kruijt
'Megacities' around the world are becoming the scene for deprivation and exclusion. This book examines world-wide trends in poverty, social exclusion, and urban violence
9781848132955
PL
364.091732 / MEG