Urban Informality - Transnational Perspectives From the Middle East, Latin America, and

Informationen zum Autor Edited by Ananya Roy and Nezar AlSayyad - Contributions by Asef Bayat; Ray Bromley; Alan Gilbert; Arif Hasan; Janice E. Perlman; Ahmed M. Soliman; Peter M. Ward; Haim Yakobi and Oren Yiftachel Klappentext 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 how these trends make new forms of social and political power possible. Zusammenfassung 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 how these trends make new forms of social and political power possible.

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• Authors: Nezar Alsayyad, Ananya Alsayyad Roy, Roy Ananya
• Assisted by: Nezar Alsayyad (Editor), Ananya Roy (Editor)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780739107409
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-0740-9
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Transnational Perspectives on Space and Place; Transnational Perspectives on; Transnational Perspectives on Space and Place; Transnational Perspectives on
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories