Social Theories of Urban Violence in the Global South 9781351254700

Megacities: The politics of urban exclusion and violence in the global South 9781350221345, 9781848132962

For the first time in history, the majority of the world's population lives in cities, the result of a rapid proces

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Urban Violence, Resilience and Security: Governance Responses in the Global South 1800379722, 9781800379725

Written in a comprehensive yet accessible style, Urban Violence, Resilience and Security investigates the diverse nature

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Urban Margins: Envisioning the Contemporary Global South 0822366975, 9780822366973

Urban studies of the global South have paid particular attention to megacities, such as Mumbai or Johannesburg, while mo

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Cultures of Violence : Racial Violence and the Origins of Segregation in South Africa and the American South 9780719079047

This book deals with the inherent violence of'race relations'in two important countries that remain iconic exp

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Cartographies of Madrid: Contesting Urban Space at the Crossroads of the Global South and Global North 0826522149, 9780826522146

One of this book's goals is to evaluate the complex ways that Madrid has served as the political, economic, and cul

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Graphic Violence: Illustrated Theories About Violence, Popular Media, and Our Social Lives 9780815362296, 9780815362302, 9781351112512

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Urban Poverty in the Global South : Scale and Nature 9781136249167, 9780415624664

One in seven of the world's population live in poverty in urban areas, and the vast majority of these live in the G

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The Diversity of Social Theories 0857248219, 9780857248213

Since the time when Talcott Parsons pursued the project of one overarching general theory of society, the landscape of s

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Handbook on Social Protection and Social Development in the Global South (Elgar Handbooks in Social Policy and Welfare) 1800378416, 9781800378414

This cutting-edge Handbook argues for social protection to be situated in a wider system of social welfare and developme

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Shutting Down the Streets: Political Violence and Social Control in the Global Era 9780814738351

Recently, a wall was built in eastern Germany. Made of steel and cement blocks, topped with razor barbed wire, and reinf

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