Lena Simet

Cities and Economic Inequality in Latin America (eBook, PDF)

Intra-Urban Inequality in Argentina

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines trends and determinants of economic inequality in cities in Latin America. It asks why some cities have higher inequality than others and what we can learn from these differences as we fight against inequality.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. April 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000569612
• Artikelnr.: 63682567

Autorenporträt

Lena Simet is a scholar, writer, and researcher interested in cities, urban poverty, and intra-urban inequality. She is currently a senior researcher and advocate on poverty and inequality at Human Rights Watch. She received her PhD from The New School and lives in New York City.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Why another book on inequality? PART I: The Rise and Fall of Inequality in Latin America and Argentina 2. From neoliberalism to the pink tide, and back 3. Old and new forms of intra-urban inequality 4. How the privatization of water spurred inequality in metropolitan Buenos Aires PART II: Why Some Cities Are More Unequal: Evidence from Argentina's Cities 5. Determinants of intra-urban inequality 6. The income sources that determine inequality in Argentina's cities 7. A data-driven approach to assess determinants of income inequality in Argentina's cities PART III: Closing the Gap 8. Slum upgrading in Buenos Aires - Fighting fire with fire 9. What next? Seven short reflections on inequality in Latin American cities

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1. Why another book on inequality? PART I: The Rise and Fall of Inequality
in Latin America and Argentina 2. From neoliberalism to the pink tide, and
back 3. Old and new forms of intra-urban inequality 4. How the
privatization of water spurred inequality in metropolitan Buenos Aires
PART II: Why Some Cities Are More Unequal: Evidence from Argentina's Cities
5. Determinants of intra-urban inequality 6. The income sources that
determine inequality in Argentina's cities 7. A data-driven approach to
assess determinants of income inequality in Argentina's cities PART III:
Closing the Gap 8. Slum upgrading in Buenos Aires - Fighting fire with fire
9. What next? Seven short reflections on inequality in Latin American
cities