E-raamat: Urban Violence, Resilience and Security: Governance Responses in the Global South

Urban Violence, Resilience and Security provides a unique intervention in the study of urban violence in the Global South. Challenging conventional accounts of urban violence modeled after cities in the Global North, contributors provide theoretically sophisticated and empirically-grounded case studies to highlight the myriad and geographically contingent forms of resilience and resistance. A must-read for scholars concerned with the urban condition of life and death in the Global South. -- James Tyner, Kent State University, Ohio, US Urbanization is one of the most significant mega-trends of the modern era. It is also one of the most profoundly misunderstood. This knowledge gap is explored by Michael Glass, Taylor Seybolt and Phil Williams who examine the multiple causes, consequences and characteristics of global urban transformation. In their sweeping edited volume, contributors reflect on how the history, politics and economics of urbanization influences (and is influenced by) urban violence. A series of vivid case studies of under-studied cities from Africa, Asia and the Americas also reveal the complex relationships between urbanization, insecurity and resilience. -- Robert Muggah, co-founder of the Igarape Institute and SecDev Group, Brazil