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245			_aMegacities: _bpolitics of urban exclusion and violence in the global south / _cedited by K. Koonings
260			_bZed books, _c2009. _aLondon:
300			_aviii, 200 p.
505			_a1. The Rise of Megacities and the Urbanization of Informality, Exclusion and Violence - Dirk Kruijt & Kees Koonings-- Part I: The Social Dynamics of Exclusion and Violence in Megacities-- 2. From Popular Movements to Drug Gangs to Militias: An Anatomy of Violence in Rio de Janeiro by Robert Gay-- 3. Megacity's Violence and its Consequences in Rio de Janeiro by Janice Perlman-- 4. Coping with Urban Violence: State and Community Responses to Crime and Insecurity in Guayaquil, Ecuador by Caroline Moser-- 5. Middle Eastern Megacities: Social Exclusion, Popular Movements and the Quiet Encroachment of the Urban Poor by Asef Bayat-- Part II: Political and Policy Dimensions of Urban Exclusion and Violence-- 6. Urban Governance and the Paradox of Conflict by Jo Beall-- 7. Shoot the Citizen, Save the Customer: Participatory Budgeting and Bare Citizenship in Porto Alegre, Brazil by Sergio Gregorio Baierle-- 8. Crisis of the State, Violence in the City by Mariano Aguirre-- 9. Urban Exclusion and the (False) Assumptions of Spatial Policy Reform in South Africa by Susan Parnell and Owen CrankshawConclusions: Governing Exclusion and Violence in Megacities by Kees Koonings & Dirk Kruijt
520			_a'Megacities' around the world are becoming the scene for deprivation and exclusion. This book examines world-wide trends in poverty, social exclusion, and urban violence
650			_aPL _930510
942			_cBK