Urban Informality: Transnational Perspectives from the Middle East, Latin America, and South Asia

Ananya Roy (Curatore)

Nezar AlSayyad (Curatore)

Lexington Books, 2003

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 these trends. The contributions reveal that informal housing is no longer the domain of the urban poor; rather it is a significant zone of transactions for the middle-class and even transnational elites. Indeed, the book presents a rich view of "urban informality" as a system of regulations and norms that governs the use of space and makes possible new forms of social and political power. The book is organized as a "transnational" endeavor. It brings together three regional domains of research-the Middle East, Latin America, and South Asia-that are rarely in conversation with one another. It also unsettles the hierarchy of development and underdevelopment by looking at some First World processes of informality through a Third World research lens.

• Curatore: Ananya Roy, Nezar AlSayyad
• Editore: Lexington Books
• Collana: Transnational Perspectives on Space and Place
• Anno: 2003
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 346 p.
• Dimensioni: 232 x 155 mm
• Peso: 522 gr.
• EAN: 9780739107416

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