Urban Informality - Transnational Perspectives from the Middle East, Latin America, and South Asia (Paperback, New)

The turn of the century has been a moment of rapid urbanization. Much of this urban growth is taking place in the cities of the developing world and much of it in informal settlements. This book presents cutting-edge research from various world regions to demonstrate these trends. The contributions reveal that informal housing is no longer the domain of the urban poor; rather it is a significant zone of transactions for the middle-class and even transnational elites. Indeed, the book presents a rich view of "urban informality" as a system of regulations and norms that governs the use of space and makes possible new forms of social and political power. The book is organized as a "transnational" endeavor. It brings together three regional domains of research-the Middle East, Latin America, and South Asia-that are rarely in conversation with one another. It also unsettles the hierarchy of development and underdevelopment by looking at some First World processes of informality through a Third World research lens.

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Transnational Perspectives on Space and Place
Release date:	November 2003
First published:	November 2003
Editors:	Ananya Roy • Nezar AlSayyad
Contributors:	Asef Bayat • Ray Bromley • Alan Gilbert • Arif Hasan • Janice E. Perlman • Ahmed M Soliman • Peter M Ward • Haim Yakobi
Dimensions:	232 x 155 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	346
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-7391-0741-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Urban communities
LSN:	0-7391-0741-0
Barcode:	9780739107416

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