Inequalities in the twenty-first century
We need to step back and ask: how are different kinds of inequality related and which matter most? What are the underlying forces that come together to create them? And … Continue reading
Of (not) being neighbors: cities, citizens and climate change in an age of migrations
Borders are back with a vengeance. From the Americas to the Mediterranean, borders cut through the increasingly integrated world in a way that exposes the inside-outside logic of contemporary capitalism. … Continue reading
A Journey from Petare to Dharavi — {FAVEL issues}
A year ago, as part of a design studio course in the Universidad Simón Bolívar I had the opportunity to analyze one of the most intriguing places of Caracas: “La … Continue reading
Shifting neighborhoods: Gentrification and cultural displacement in American cities
Since 2000, gentrification and cultural displacement have grown in American cities, while many low-income neighborhoods and towns remain starved of investment. Gentrification is a process where areas with traditionally lower … Continue reading
PODCAST: What You Need to Know About Slums Around the World
Source: PODCAST: What You Need to Know About Slums Around the World Diana Mitlin, is a professor of global urbanism at the Global Development Institute at the University of Manchester. … Continue reading
City-to-City Cooperation and the Promise of a Democratic “Right to the City”
This paper draws on the example of partnerships between Brazilian and Mozambican cities to critique attempts to democratise urban governance and development through city-to-city cooperation. As an expression of the … Continue reading
Cities and the political imagination
How can we recognize the political in the city? How might urban scholars engage with forms of urban politics outside of established sites of research such as those associated with … Continue reading
Human Rights as an Ideology? Obstacles and Benefits
[Behind paywall] Sociology has an important part to play in understanding human rights. In this article, I trace obstacles within sociology to theoretically conceptualize human rights as an ideology. These … Continue reading
Central Banks, Technocratic Power, and the Fear of Democracy — Economic Sociology and Political Economy
Jacqueline Best has an interesting new article that starts with catchy and provocative analogy and then presents thought-provoking discussion and arguments: “What do border guards and central bankers have in … Continue reading
