Pathways to development: from politics to power
A country’s pathway to development is shaped less by institutional type than by the nature of the politics and power relations that underpin these institutions and which shape how they … Continue reading
Bangkok’s Refusal To Be Automatized By Delivery Apps
Why not add the food delivery service to the ride-hailing one of Win drivers (motorcycle drivers) using a system that goes along with their existing “informal” organisation and allows drivers … Continue reading
Drawing the Line: Architecture of Repair in the Anthropocene
How might professions premised on carbon-hungry growth and consumption adapt to an overburdened world in which the maintenance of existing structures and landscapes will be more valuable, environmentally and socially, … Continue reading
A living income for the informal workers in the waste sector
Despite their indispensable role, informal workers often remain undervalued and underpaid in many nations. This study underscores the critical importance of recognizing waste workers and providing them with a living … Continue reading
Urban Informality and the Built Environment
This open access book looks at how the built environment allows different urban processes to interact and how it groups elements together. We propose to explore urban informality by analysing … Continue reading
15 years of degrowth research: A systematic review
In academia and political debates, the notions of ‘degrowth’ has gained traction since the dawn of the 21st century. While some uncertainty around its exact definition remains, research on degrowth … Continue reading
Politics and the Urban Frontier
Despite the rise of global technocratic ideals of city-making, cities around the world are not merging into indistinguishable duplicates of one another. In fact, as the world urbanizes, urban formations … Continue reading
Seeing democracy as a city
Urbanisation is changing landscapes, social relations and everyday lives across the globe. But urbanisation is also changing the ways democracy is understood and practiced. Nevertheless, the relation between urbanisation and … Continue reading
2024 State of Civil Society Report
Civil society is being tested like never before by a series of multiple and accelerating crises. Amid growing conflict and repression, in 2023 civil society faced mounting obstacles that made … Continue reading
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