1st Edition
Cities and Economic Inequality in Latin America Intra-Urban Inequality in Argentina
1. Why another book on inequality? PART I: The Rise and Fall of Inequality in Latin America and Argentina 2. From neoliberalism to the pink tide, and back 3. Old and new forms of intra-urban inequality 4. How the privatization of water spurred inequality in metropolitan Buenos Aires PART II: Why Some Cities Are More Unequal: Evidence from Argentina’s Cities 5. Determinants of intra-urban inequality 6. The income sources that determine inequality in Argentina’s cities 7. A data-driven approach to assess determinants of income inequality in Argentina’s cities PART III: Closing the Gap 8. Slum upgrading in Buenos Aires – Fighting fire with fire 9. What next? Seven short reflections on inequality in Latin American cities
Biography
Lena Simet is a scholar, writer, and researcher interested in cities, urban poverty, and intra-urban inequality. She is currently a senior researcher and advocate on poverty and inequality at Human Rights Watch. She received her PhD from The New School and lives in New York City.
