Jennifer Erin Salahub - Social Theories of Urban Violence in the Global South

Social Theories of Urban Violence in the Global South

While cities often act as the engines of economic growth for developing countries, they are also frequently the site of growing violence, poverty, and inequality. Yet, social theory, largely developed and tested in the Global North, is often inadequate in tackling the realities of life in the dangerous parts of cities in the Global South. Drawing on the findings of an ambitious five-year, 15-project research programme, Social Theories of Urban Violence in the Global South offers a uniquely Southern perspective on the violencepovertyinequalities dynamics in cities of the Global South.

Through their research, urban violence experts based in low- and middle-income countries demonstrate how urban violence means different things to different people in different places. While some researchers adopt or adapt existing theoretical and conceptual frameworks, others develop and test new theories, each interpreting and operationalizing the concept of urban violence in the particular context in which they work. In particular, the book highlights the links between urban violence, poverty, and inequalities based on income, class, gender, and other social cleavages.

Providing important new perspectives from the Global South, this book will be of interest to policymakers, academics, and students with an interest in violence and exclusion in the cities of developing countries.

Jennifer Erin Salahub managed the Safe and Inclusive Cities initiative, a global research programme jointly funded by Canadas International Development Research Centre and the United Kingdoms Department for International Development.

Markus Gottsbacher is senior programme specialist with the Governance and Justice programme at the International Development Research Centre.

John de Boer is managing director of the SecDev Group.

Routledge Studies in Cities and Development

The series features innovative and original research on cities in the Global South, aiming to explore urban settings through the lens of international development. The series particularly promotes comparative and interdisciplinary research targeted at a global readership.

In terms of theory and method, rather than basing itself on any one orthodoxy, the series draws on a broad toolkit taken from across social sciences and built environment studies, emphasizing comparison, the analysis of the structure and processes, and the application of qualitative and quantitative methods.

The series welcomes submissions from established and junior authors on cutting-edge and high-level research on key topics that feature in global news and public debate.

Social Theories of Urban Violence in the Global South

Towards Safe and Inclusive Cities

Edited by Jennifer Erin Salahub, Markus Gottsbacher, and John de Boer

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The research presented in this publication was carried out with the financial assistance of Canadas International Development Research Centre and the United Kingdoms Department for International Development (DFID). The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of IDRC or its Board of Governors, or those of DFID.

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Contents

CAROLINE MOSER

JENNIFER ERIN SALAHUB, JOHN DE BOER, AND MARKUS GOTTSBACHER

NAUSHEEN H. ANWAR, SARWAT VIQAR, AND DAANISH MUSTAFA

ESMERALDA MARIANO, HENNY SLEGH, AND SLVIA ROQUE

JULIE STEWART AND ROSALIE KATSANDE, WITH OLGA CHISANGO AND SIAN MASEKO

MANOJ BANDAN BALSAMANTA AND BHIM REDDY

DANESH JAYATILAKA, RAJITH W. D. LAKSHMAN, AND IRESHA M. LAKSHMAN

RODOLFO CALDERN UMAA

ENRIQUE DESMOND ARIAS AND XIMENA TOCORNAL MONTT

ROBERTO BRICEO-LEN

FRANCIS AKINDS

SAM LLOYD AND RICHARD MATZOPOULOS

JOHN DE BOER, JENNIFER ERIN SALAHUB, AND MARKUS GOTTSBACHER

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Foreword

Caroline Moser is an urban social anthropologist and social policy specialist, with more than 40 years of experience relating to urban and social development issuesranging from academic to policy-focused research, teaching, and training. She has undertaken field-based research on many topics: urban poverty, urban violence, household asset vulnerability and accumulation strategies, gender and development, and the informal sector. Her work has taken her to Ecuador, Guatemala, Jamaica, and other countries. Carolines empirical research has also included social policy, community participation, the social dimensions of economic reform, human rights, and social protection. Most recently, she has studied urban adaptations to climate change in Mombasa, Kenya, and the role of womens organisations in peace processes in Colombia. Caroline has taught at a number of institutions, both in the UK (the University of Manchester, the London School of Economics, and University College London) and abroad: the New School, New York. She has held senior positions at the World Bank, the Overseas Development Institute, and the Brookings Institution. Caroline has served as an advisor to many donor agencies and has been a member of the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat) Huairou Commission, a visiting professor at the University of Bristol, a research fellow at the World Policy Institute in New York, and a member of the panel on Urban Population Dynamics (US National Academy of Sciences).