Cities
Pluto Press (Verlag)
978-0-7453-2307-7 (ISBN)
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What are the global challenges of the twenty-first century? Every year tens of millions of people abandon rural areas for life in the city. With education, health care and even safe water in short supply, cities risk becoming sites of violent conflict for future generations. And yet world governments are doing little to address these demographic shifts.
Jeremy Seabrook offers a vivid portrait of the lives of people who migrate from impoverished villages to towns and cities, the changes they face, and the impact these changes have on their psyche and well-being. Contrasting the attitudes of today's governments with those of the past, the book provides a sharp critique of global policies, and an ideal introduction to the impact of urbanisation on modern life.
The Small Guides to Big Issues series de-bunks myths and raises questions about the global economic and political system and how it works. They are designed for campaigners and activists, students and researchers, and anyone interested in looking behind the headlines. Produced in partnership with Oxfam, each book provides an informative and thought-provoking guide to current trends and debates, and what needs to happen in order to end poverty and injustice.
Jeremy Seabrook (1939-2024) wrote on inequality, poverty and the oppressed in Britain and across the Global South for over half a century. His articles were featured in the Guardian, The Times and the Independent. He has written plays for stage, TV and the theatre, some in collaboration with his close friend, Michael O’Neill. His many books include The Song of the Shirt and Cut Out: Living Without Welfare. In 2023 he published his memoirs, Private Worlds.
Introduction
1. An urbanizing world
2. Cities of the past, cities of the present.
3. The global network
4. Migrants to the city
5. The spectre of the poor
6. Slums
7. Livelihoods
8. Cities of fear
9. Provision of basic services
10. City borders
11. The Country and the City
12. The triumph of the middle class
Conclusion
Resources
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 20.7.2007 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Small Guides to Big Issues |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 125 x 177 mm |
| Gewicht | 207 g |
| Themenwelt | Reisen ► Bildbände |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7453-2307-3 / 0745323073 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7453-2307-7 / 9780745323077 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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