Megacities : the politics of urban exclusion and violence in the global south

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Megacities : the politics of urban exclusion and violence in the global south

Title remainder

the politics of urban exclusion and violence in the global south

Statement of responsibility

edited by Kees Koonings and Dirk Kruijt

Contributor

• Koonings, Kees
• Kruijt, Dirk

Subject

• Urbanization -- Southern Hemisphere -- Congresses
• Cities and towns -- Developing countries -- Growth -- Congresses
• Cities and towns -- Growth
• Cities and towns -- Southern Hemisphere -- Growth -- Congresses
• Conference papers and proceedings
• Developing countries
• Developing countries -- Social conditions -- Congresses
• Electronic book
• Electronic books
• Marginality, Social
• Marginality, Social -- Developing countries -- Congresses
• Marginality, Social -- Southern Hemisphere -- Congresses
• SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Poverty & Homelessness
• Social conditions
• Southern Hemisphere
• Southern Hemisphere -- Social conditions -- Congresses
• Urban poor
• Urban poor -- Developing countries -- Congresses
• Urban poor -- Southern Hemisphere -- Congresses
• Urban violence
• Urban violence -- Developing countries -- Congresses
• Urban violence -- Southern Hemisphere -- Congresses
• Urbanization
• Urbanization -- Developing countries -- Congresses

Genre

• Conference papers and proceedings
• Congresses
• Electronic book
• Electronic books

Language

eng

Summary

"The twenty-first century is set to be the stage for the massive urbanization of the world's population. Particularly, the so-called 'megacities' around the world are rapidly becoming the scene for deprivation and exclusion, especially in what has come to be called the 'global south'. In such large-scale yet concentrated social environments, a complex set of relationships links poverty and exclusion to urban politics, power relations and public policy. Violent actors look for power in strategies that seek access to urban politics and policy-making. The urban poor are confronted with the challenge of charting pathways in their 'encounters with violence'. Local politicians, administrators, grass roots leaders and NGO officials are faced with the puzzle of how to restore effective non-violent institutions, legitimate governance and citizen security. Featuring case studies from across the globe, Megacities examines recent world-wide trends in poverty and social exclusion, urban violence and politics, and links these to the challenges faced by policy-makers and practitioners."--Publisher description

Member of

• Ebook Central Academic Complete

Action

digitized

Cataloging source

N$T

Dewey number

305.5/6909172/4

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Language note

English

LC call number

HV4173

LC item number

.M443 2009eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography