Fractured cities : social exclusion, urban violence and contested spaces in Latin America
Publication details: London Zed Books 2007Description: viii,165pISBN:- 9781842777312
- 307.760973 KOO
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Book | CEPT Library | BK | 307.760973 KOO | Available | 020584 |
Contents
Introduction : the duality of Latin American cityscapes / Kees Koonings and Dirk Kruijt 1
1. Fractured cities, second-class citizenship and urban violence / Kees Koonings and Dirk Kruijt 7
2. Rio de Janeiro / Elizabeth Leeds 23
3. Mexico City / Wil Pansters and Hector Castillo Berthier 36
4. Medellin / Ralph Rozema 57
5. Managua / Dennis Rodgers 71
6. Caracas / Roberto Briceno-Leon 86
7. Lima metropolitana / Dirk Kruijt and Carlos Ivan Degregori 101
8. Living in fear : how the urban poor perceive violence, fear and insecurity / Cathy McIlwaine and Caroline O. N. Moser 117
Epilogue : Latin America's urban duality revisited / Dirk Kruijt and Kees Koonings. 138
About the Authors 142
Bibliography 144
Index 161
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