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The Everyday Life of Urban Inequality : Ethnographic Case Studies of Global Cities, Hardback Book

The Everyday Life of Urban Inequality : Ethnographic Case Studies of Global Cities Hardback

Edited by Angela Storey, Megan Sheehan, Jessica Bodoh-Creed

Part of the Culture, Humanity, and Urban Life series

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The Everyday Life of Urban Inequality explores steadily increasing inequality and the spectacular pace of urbanization frame everyday life for city residents around the world.

With case studies from five continents, this volume explores what it means to live within cities marked by entrenched inequalities, situating daily life at the intersection between global processes and local histories.

Drawing from ethnographic research, scholars in varied social science disciplines examine the reproduction of poverty and stratification, the creation of political and social marginality, and the destruction—and resilience—of communities.

Authors highlight how inequalities are experienced concretely and within daily life.

The treatment of caddies at an elite golf course in Mexico City, the early morning routines of a woman running a food stall in Kuala Lumpur, the debates over voting in Cape Town’s periphery, the frustration of resettled residents with state policies in Casablanca, or the struggles of migrants to locate secure housing in Santiago all offer insights into the many ways in which inequalities are produced.

In each chapter, everyday life is presented in vivid detail, noting the power of tradition, the tools of memory, and the impact of belonging as individuals and communities interact with centralized processes of policy and capital.

By focusing on situated experiences of displacement, belonging, and difference, this volume demonstrates the power of multi-disciplinary ethnographic research to illustrate the many ways urban inequalities take shape, combine, and are perpetuated.

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