Megacities : The Politics of Urban Exclusion and Violence in the Global South
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| Title: | Megacities : The Politics of Urban Exclusion and Violence in the Global South |
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| Description: | For the first time in history, the majority of the world's population lives in cities, the result of a rapid process of urbanization that started in the second half of the twentieth century.'Megacities'around the world are rapidly becoming the scene for deprivation, especially in the global South, and the urban excluded face the brunt of what in many cases seems like low-intensity warfare.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. |
| Authors: | Kees Koonings, Dirk Kruijt |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Urbanization--Developing countries--Congresses, Marginality, Social--Southern Hemisphere--Congresses, Urban poor--Southern Hemisphere--Congresses, Marginality, Social--Developing countries--Congresses, Urban violence--Southern Hemisphere--Congresses, Urban violence--Developing countries--Congresses, Cities and towns--Southern Hemisphere--Growth--Congresses, Cities and towns--Developing countries--Growth--Congresses, Urbanization--Southern Hemisphere--Congresses, Urban poor--Developing countries- |
| Categories: | POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | For the first time in history, the majority of the world's population lives in cities, the result of a rapid process of urbanization that started in the second half of the twentieth century.'Megacities'around the world are rapidly becoming the scene for deprivation, especially in the global South, and the urban excluded face the brunt of what in many cases seems like low-intensity warfare.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. |
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| ISBN: | 9781848132955 9781848132962 9781848134904 9781848137318 9781780327037 |
