Social Theories of Urban Violence in the Global South - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Social Theories of Urban Violence in the Global South write by Jennifer Erin Salahub. This book was released on 2018-04-19. Social Theories of Urban Violence in the Global South available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. While cities often act as the engines of economic growth for developing countries, they are also frequently the site of growing violence, poverty, and inequality. Yet, social theory, largely developed and tested in the Global North, is often inadequate in tackling the realities of life in the dangerous parts of cities in the Global South. Drawing on the findings of an ambitious five-year, 15-project research programme, Social Theories of Urban Violence in the Global South offers a uniquely Southern perspective on the violence–poverty–inequalities dynamics in cities of the Global South. Through their research, urban violence experts based in low- and middle-income countries demonstrate how "urban violence" means different things to different people in different places. While some researchers adopt or adapt existing theoretical and conceptual frameworks, others develop and test new theories, each interpreting and operationalizing the concept of urban violence in the particular context in which they work. In particular, the book highlights the links between urban violence, poverty, and inequalities based on income, class, gender, and other social cleavages. Providing important new perspectives from the Global South, this book will be of interest to policymakers, academics, and students with an interest in violence and exclusion in the cities of developing countries.
Safer Cities in the Global South
Safer Cities in the Global South - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Safer Cities in the Global South write by Jennifer Erin Salahub. This book was released on 2017-10-08. Safer Cities in the Global South available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Social Theories of Urban Violence in the Global South
Social Theories of Urban Violence in the Global South - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Social Theories of Urban Violence in the Global South write by Jennifer Erin Salahub. This book was released on 2018. Social Theories of Urban Violence in the Global South available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Safer Cities in the Global South asks what happens when social theory, largely developed and tested in the Global North, meets the realities of life in the violent parts of cities in the Global South. This book is perfect for researchers, policy makers and students interested in exclusion and violence in the cities of developing countries.
Reducing Urban Violence in the Global South
Reducing Urban Violence in the Global South - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Reducing Urban Violence in the Global South write by Jennifer Erin Salahub. This book was released on 2019-05-14. Reducing Urban Violence in the Global South available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Reducing Urban Violence in the Global South seeks to identify the drivers of urban violence in the cities of the Global South and how they relate to and interact with poverty and inequalities. Drawing on the findings of an ambitious 5-year, 15-project research programme supported by Canada’s International Development Research Centre and the UK’s Department for International Development, the book explores what works, and what doesn't, to prevent and reduce violence in urban centres. Cities in developing countries are often seen as key drivers of economic growth, but they are often also the sites of extreme violence, poverty, and inequality. The research in this book was developed and conducted by researchers from the Global South, who work and live in the countries studied; it challenges many of the assumptions from the Global North about how poverty, violence, and inequalities interact in urban spaces. In so doing, the book demonstrates that accepted understandings of the causes of and solutions to urban violence developed in the Global North should not be imported into the Global South without careful consideration of local dynamics and contexts. Reducing Urban Violence in the Global South concludes by considering the broader implications for policy and practice, offering recommendations for improving interventions to make cities safer and more inclusive. The fresh perspectives and insights offered by this book will be useful to scholars and students of development and urban violence, as well as to practitioners and policymakers working on urban violence reduction programmes.
Cities, Slums and Gender in the Global South
Cities, Slums and Gender in the Global South - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Cities, Slums and Gender in the Global South write by Sylvia Chant. This book was released on 2015-12-22. Cities, Slums and Gender in the Global South available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Developing regions are set to account for the vast majority of future urban growth, and women and girls will become the majority inhabitants of these locations in the Global South. This is one of the first books to detail the challenges facing poorer segments of the female population who commonly reside in ‘slums’. It explores the variegated disadvantages of urban poverty and slum-dwelling from a gender perspective. This book revolves around conceptualisation of the ‘gender-urban-slum interface’ which explains key elements to understanding women’s experiences in slum environments. It has a specific focus on the ways in which gender inequalities are can be entrenched but also alleviated. Included is a review of the demographic factors which are increasingly making cities everywhere ‘feminised spaces’, such as increased rural-urban migration among women, demographic ageing, and rising proportions of female-headed households in urban areas. Discussions focus in particular on education, paid and unpaid work, access to land, property and urban services, violence, intra-urban mobility, and political participation and representation. This book will be of use to researchers and professionals concerned with gender and development, urbanisation and rural-urban migration.
