A modern guide to urban poverty / edited by Enrica Morlicchio (full professor of economic sociology, Department of Social Sciences, University of Naples Federico II), Enzo Mingione (emeritus professor of sociology) and David Benassi (full professor of economic sociology, Department of Sociology and Social Research, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Morlicchio, E. (Enrica), editor.

Mingione, Enzo, editor.

Benassi, David, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

Elgar modern guides

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban poor--Social conditions.

Urban poor.

Poverty--Sociial aspects.

Poverty.

Urbanization--Social aspects.

Urbanization.

Urban policy--Economic aspects.

Urban policy.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (314 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2026.

Summary:

"This Modern Guide provides a new conceptual framework and vocabulary for understanding and addressing urban poverty in contemporary societies. Contributing authors examine detailed case studies from cities in the Global North and South, adopting a range of approaches from quantitative analyses to in-depth ethnographies. Chapters highlight how large groups of newly urbanized populations develop informal strategies to cope with extreme living conditions in poor neighborhoods or shantytowns. They illustrate how, amid violence and conflict, these populations create networks of solidarity, forms of resilience and political collectives that demand better living conditions and the right to the city. The book also assesses the ambivalent role of public policies in mitigating or exacerbating urban poverty and explores the emerging realities and trajectories of urban poverty. A Modern Guide to Urban Poverty is a crucial resource for scholars and students of sociology, urban planning, human geography and anthropology. Its insights on the complex interplay of the social, economic and political processes that generate urban poverty are also highly relevant to policymakers and researchers in international NGOs"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: Introduction: Urban poverty: From its origins to the contemporary global reality / David Benassi, Enzo Mingione, and Enrica Morlicchio

Part I: Macro perspectives on urban poverty

1. Urban poverty in the United States / Hilary Silver

2. Social innovation tackling poverty in European cities: The complexity of scales and social transformations / Tatjana Boczy and Yuri Kazepov

3. Urban poverty and policy in Africa / Jeremy Seekings

4. Urbanisation of poverty in China / Yunpeng Zhang

Part II: Urban poverty, dispossession, and resistance

5. Pipes, tunnels and veins: Inhabiting the underground of dispossession in bucharest, Romania / Michele Lancione

6. Urban poverty and informality in southern Europe: A view from naples / Giovanni Laino and Mario Trifuoggi

7. The impact of the covid-19 pandemic on urban poverty: A case of the northern region of Bangladesh / Khandaker MurshedaFarhana and Kazi Abdul Mannan

8. Community action, social capital, and care in oliver bond house's struggle against poverty in dublin's inner city / L.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781800889699 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.