1st Edition
The Politics of Slums in the Global South Urban Informality in Brazil, India, South Africa and Peru
Chapter 1. Introduction: Situating the politics of slums within the ‘urban turn’ Einar Braathen, Véronique Dupont, David Jordhus-Lier and Catherine Sutherland Chapter 2. National and urban contexts of the settlement cases: an overview Einar Braathen, Véronique Dupont, David Jordhus-Lier Catherine Sutherland and Carlos Escalante Estrada Chapter 3. Policies towards substandard settlements Catherine Sutherland, Einar Braathen, Véronique Dupont and David Jordhus-Lier Chapter 4. Settlement stories I: A question of knowledge? Véronique Dupont and Shankare Gowda, David Jordhus-Lier, Pamela Tsolekile de Wet, Catherine Sutherland, Einar Braathen, Lisa Strauch and Michaela Hordijk Chapter 5. Knowledge and power in upgrading and resettlement initiatives David Jordhus-Lier, Einar Braathen, Véronique Dupont and Catherine Sutherland Chapter 6. Settlement stories II: Communities responses Einar Braathen, Catherine Sutherland, David Jordhus-Lier, Lisa Strauch, Michaela Hordijk, Véronique Dupont and R. Dhanalakshmi Chapter 7. Modalities of social mobilisation Véronique Dupont, David Jordhus-Lier, Einar Braathen, Catherine Sutherland andCarlos Escalante Estrada Chapter 8. Conclusion Catherine Sutherland, David Jordhus-Lier, Einar Braathen and Véronique Dupont
Biography
Véronique Dupont is Senior Research Fellow at the French Institute of Research for Development (IRD) in the Centre for Social Sciences Studies on Africa, America and Asia (CESSMA), Paris, France.
David Jordhus-Lier is Associate Professor in the Department for Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo, Norway.
Catherine Sutherland is Lecturer in the School of Built Environment and Development Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
Einar Braathen is Senior Researcher in the Department for International Studies at the Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research (NIBR), Oslo, Norway.
"This book aims to understand the politics of slums, particularly how struggles for secure housing and improved living conditions in substandard Southern settlements reveal the power struggles and tensions of urbanization processes.
Focusing on six cities – Rio de Janeiro, Delhi, Chennai, Durban, Cape Town and Lima – and 11 case studies of informal settlements, many of which are impacted by large-scale infrastructure projects, the authors discuss processes of settlement formation, demolition, upgrading and resettlement. These analyses are embedded within globalized debates on the neoliberal city. Urban development is conceptually positioned along a diverse set of debates around topics including social (non-) movements, civil society, coping strategies, collective action, spaces of citizenship, the quiet encroachment of the ordinary, and insurgent urbanism."
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