Fractured cities
Subtitle: social exclusion, urban violence and contested spaces in Latin America
By: Kees Koonings & Dirk Kruijt, editors
Contributors: Koonings, Kees; Kruijt, Dirk
Publisher: Zed Books; Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London; New York; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 165
ISBN-13: 9781842777305; 9781842777312
Subjects: Urban poor -- Latin America; Urban violence -- Latin America; Latin America -- Social conditions
Description: As cities sprawl across Latin America, absorbing more and more of its people, crime and violence have become inescapable. Based on empirical evidence, interviews with local people and historical contextualization, the authors attempt to shed light on the fault-lines which have appeared in Latin American society.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 144-160) and index