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"The twenty-first century is set to be the stage for the massive urbanization of the world's population. Particularly, the so-called 'megacities' around the world are rapidly becoming the scene for deprivation and exclusion, especially in what has come to be called the 'global south'. In such large-scale yet concentrated social environments, a complex set of relationships links poverty and exclusion to urban politics, power relations and public policy. Violent actors look for power in strategies that seek access to urban politics and policy-making. The urban poor are confronted with the challenge of charting pathways in their 'encounters with violence'. Local politicians, administrators, grass roots leaders and NGO officials are faced with the puzzle of how to restore effective non-violent institutions, legitimate governance and citizen security. Featuring case studies from across the globe, Megacities examines recent world-wide trends in poverty and social exclusion, urban violence and politics, and links these to the challenges faced by policy-makers and practitioners."--Publisher description.

Cities and towns --- Marginality, Social --- Urban poor --- Urban violence --- Urbanization --- Growth --- City dwellers --- Poor --- Cities and towns, Movement to --- Urban development --- Urban systems --- Social history --- Sociology, Rural --- Sociology, Urban --- Urban policy --- Rural-urban migration --- Global cities --- Municipalities --- Towns --- Urban areas --- Human settlements --- Violence --- Exclusion, Social --- Marginal peoples --- Social exclusion --- Social marginality --- Assimilation (Sociology) --- Culture conflict --- Social isolation --- Sociology --- People with social disabilities --- Developing countries --- Southern Hemisphere --- Hemisphere, Southern --- Earth (Planet) --- Emerging nations --- Fourth World --- Global South --- LDC's --- Least developed countries --- Less developed countries --- Newly industrialized countries --- Newly industrializing countries --- NICs (Newly industrialized countries) --- Third World --- Underdeveloped areas --- Underdeveloped countries --- Social conditions --- Political science & theory --- Urban communities

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Ante el grave problema del desempleo que se ha agudizado en países como México a mediados de los años noventa, la economía de los países pobres ha mostrado una extraordinaria capacidad de echar mano de sus recursos para salir adelante, aunque a costa de imponer a sus miembros mayores cargas: multiempleo para los hombres, doble jornada para la mujer, ocupación infantil. Todo, en el marco del aprovechamiento de los recursos de la pobreza: las redes de solidaridad, la ayuda mutua, y, sobre todo, la utilización de la familia como base de la unidad de producción y de consumo. En el libro se examinan algunos de los fenómenos más relevantes en torno al papel que desempeñan el sector informal y la microempresa en México y en otros países latinoamericanos, ante el actual proceso de globalización económica.

Microeconomics --- Economic structure --- Mexico --- Small business --- Informal sector (Economics)