Why Welfare States Save Democracy
Rising inequality threatens democratic durability, as societies become increasingly polarized. South Korea and Taiwan have resisted global trends in democratic backsliding by continually expanding their social welfare regimes. Democratic resilience … Continue reading
Knowledge/Nation: The Humanities and the Social Sciences in Postcolonial India
Knowledge/Nation brings together reflections on how the social sciences and allied interdisciplinary fields have evolved in the country, and where we can go from here. It explores how India has … Continue reading
Research Handbook on Urban Sociology
Emphasising the social, critical and situated dimensions of the urban, this comprehensive Research Handbook presents a unique collection of theoretical and empirical perspectives on urban sociology. Bringing together expert contributors … Continue reading
Informal subaltern surveillance and counter-hegemonic resistance: Towards congruence
Subaltern urbanism has emerged as a paradigm shift to trouble the orthodoxy of urban informality. Bandauko’s recent article elevates this radical turn by examining the concept of ‘subaltern surveillance’ and … Continue reading
Envisioning Labour-led urban development: A collective reflection
Urban Violence and Marginalised Communities
Urban Violence and Marginalised Communities presents a nuanced and revealing picture of how urban violence manifests and operates in multiple and unprecedented ways, challenging the common conception of urban violence solely … Continue reading
Global Urban Policy: A Framework for Analyzing State and Society
Cities are active policy innovators of global importance, whether responding to climate change, migration, poverty, or health disparities, or aiming to generate growth. Since cities adapt to the needs and … Continue reading
Weathering the Change: How Street Vendors are Shaping Their Future in the Face of Climate Challenges in ASEAN
These three case studies have been developed as part of an Oxfam project titled ‘Improved Social Protection and Labor Rights for Women Workers in ASEAN’s Agri-Food Sector’, funded by DGD … Continue reading
Co-producing Urban Spaces – Collaborative Methods Towards an Insurgent Urbanism
How can collaborative methods of planning and design act as tools to develop insurgent urbanism? Juliana Canedo analyses practices that arise from the protagonism of marginalized communities and the accumulative … Continue reading
