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Seeing urban politics from the perspective of those who reside in
slums offers an important dimension to the study of urbanism in the
global South. Many people living in sub-standard conditions do not
have their rights as urban citizens recognised and realise that
they cannot rely on formal democratic channels or governance
structures. Through in-depth case studies and comparative research,
The Politics of Slums in the Global South: Urban Informality in
Brazil, India, South Africa and Peru integrates conceptual
discussions on urban political dynamics with empirical material
from research undertaken in Rio de Janeiro, Delhi, Chennai, Cape
Town, Durban and Lima. The chapters engage with the relevant
literature and present empirical material on urban governance and
cities in the South, housing policy for the urban poor, the
politics of knowledge and social mobilisation. Recent theories on
urban informality and subaltern urbanism are explored, and the
issue of popular participation in public interventions is
critically assessed. The book is aimed at a scholarly readership of
postgraduate students and researchers in development studies, urban
geography, political science, urban sociology and political
geography. It is also of great value to urban decision-makers and
practitioners.
Seeing urban politics from the perspective of those who reside in
slums offers an important dimension to the study of urbanism in the
global South. Many people living in sub-standard conditions do not
have their rights as urban citizens recognised and realise that
they cannot rely on formal democratic channels or governance
structures. Through in-depth case studies and comparative research,
The Politics of Slums in the Global South: Urban Informality in
Brazil, India, South Africa and Peru integrates conceptual
discussions on urban political dynamics with empirical material
from research undertaken in Rio de Janeiro, Delhi, Chennai, Cape
Town, Durban and Lima. The chapters engage with the relevant
literature and present empirical material on urban governance and
cities in the South, housing policy for the urban poor, the
politics of knowledge and social mobilisation. Recent theories on
urban informality and subaltern urbanism are explored, and the
issue of popular participation in public interventions is
critically assessed. The book is aimed at a scholarly readership of
postgraduate students and researchers in development studies, urban
geography, political science, urban sociology and political
geography. It is also of great value to urban decision-makers and
practitioners.
The idea of a democratic developmental state forms part of the
current development discourse advocated by international aid
agencies, deliberated on by academics, and embraced by policy
makers in many emerging economies in the global South. What is
noticeable in this discourse is how little attention has been paid
to a discussion of the essence of a democratic developmental state,
and much of what passes for theory is little more than policy speak
and political rhetoric. This volume fills a gap in the literature
on the democratic developmental state. Analyzing the different
approaches to the implementation of democratic developmental states
in various countries in the South, it evaluates the extent to which
these are merely replicating the central tenets of the East Asian
model of the developmental state or if they are succeeding in their
attempts to establish a new and more inclusive conceptualization of
the state. In particular, the authors scrutinize to what degree the
attempts to build a democratic developmental state may be distorted
by the imperatives of neoliberalism. The volume broadens the
understanding of the Nordic model of a democratic developmental
state and shows how it represents an additional, and perhaps
contending understanding of the developmental state derived from
the East Asian experience.
This collection offers a timely reassessment of viable ways of
addressing poverty across the globe today. The profile of global
poverty has changed dramatically over the past decade, and around
three-quarters of the poor now live in middle income countries,
making inequality a major issue. This requires us to fundamentally
rethink anti-poverty strategies and policies, as many aspects of
the established framework for poverty reduction are no longer
effective. Featuring contributions from Latin America, Africa and
Asia, this much-needed collection answers some of the key questions
arising as development policy confronts the challenges of poverty
and inequality on the global, national and local scale in both
urban and rural contexts. Providing poverty researchers and
practitioners with valuable new tools to address new forms of
poverty in the right way, Poverty and Inequality in Middle Income
Countries shows how a radical switch from aid to
redistribution-based social policies is needed to combat new forms
of global poverty.
This collection offers a timely reassessment of viable ways of
addressing poverty across the globe today. The profile of global
poverty has changed dramatically over the past decade, and around
three-quarters of the poor now live in middle income countries,
making inequality a major issue. This requires us to fundamentally
rethink anti-poverty strategies and policies, as many aspects of
the established framework for poverty reduction are no longer
effective. Featuring contributions from Latin America, Africa and
Asia, this much-needed collection answers some of the key questions
arising as development policy confronts the challenges of poverty
and inequality on the global, national and local scale in both
urban and rural contexts. Providing poverty researchers and
practitioners with valuable new tools to address new forms of
poverty in the right way, Poverty and Inequality in Middle Income
Countries shows how a radical switch from aid to
redistribution-based social policies is needed to combat new forms
of global poverty.
Poverty and social exclusion have moved up the international policy
agenda, in step with the ever more obvious failure of development
to reduce mass immiseration and the growing gulf of inequality
which latterday capitalism has created. In this volume, local and
international scholars, acknowledging that the 'trickle down' and
'natural' processes of the market do not provide a remedy, turn the
spotlight on the state. In a series of general explorations of the
issues involved and specific investigations in particular
countries, mainly in Southern and Central Africa, they explore
theoretically and empirically the difficult questions around how
much can be expected of the state in poverty reduction. What
political and cultural dimensions of the state need to be taken
into account when considering how it should help shape activity in
society? How is the role of power best analysed when considering
strategies to reduce poverty? What is the meaning of pro-poor
governance? What can be expected of specific interventions by
government? How is the concept of citizenship incorporated in
poverty reduction programmes? This volume makes two major
contributions. It provides a rich seam of up-to-date information on
the incidence and forms of poverty in Southern and Central Africa
and the great variety of strategies and programmes by governments,
aid agencies and international institutions to tackle it. Even more
importantly, it throws light on the general questions, indeed the
limitations and obstacles, around expecting too much of
governments.
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