A world more urban... The world is undergoing massive urbanization, and is projected to increase from three to over four billion city dwellers, mostly in the de

A world more urban... The world is undergoing massive urbanization, and is projected to increase from three to over four billion city dwellers, mostly in the de

In this revelatory book, Sudhir Venkatesh takes us into Maquis Park, a poor black neighborhood on Chicago's Southside, to explore the desperate and remarkable w

This is compounded by the lack of voice and influence that low income groups have in these official spheres.

Urban areas in the Global South now house most of the world’s urban population and are projected to house almost all its increase between now and 2030. There