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

• ContentsIntroduction: Urban poverty: from its origins to the contemporary global reality 1David Benassi, Enzo Mingione, and Enrica MorlicchioPART I MACRO PERSPECTIVES ON URBAN POVERTY1 Urban poverty in the United States 19Hilary Silver2 Social innovation tackling poverty in European cities: the complexity of scales and social transformations 45Tatjana Boczy and Yuri Kazepov3 Urban poverty and policy in Africa 67Jeremy Seekings4 Urbanisation of poverty in China 88Yunpeng ZhangPART II URBAN POVERTY, DISPOSSESSION, AND RESISTANCE5 Pipes, tunnels and veins: inhabiting the underground of dispossession in Bucharest, Romania 106Michele Lancione6 Urban poverty and informality in Southern Europe: a view from Naples 122Giovanni Laino and Mario Trifuoggi7 The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on urban poverty: a case of the northern region of Bangladesh 135Khandaker MurshedaFarhana and Kazi Abdul Mannan8 Community action, social capital, and care in Oliver Bond House’s struggle against poverty in Dublin’s inner city 157 L�i�d�i�a� �K�a�t�i�a� �C�.� �M�a�n�z�o� �9 Dis/possessive geographies: poverty, violence, and private property in the proletarian neighborhoods of Mexico City 177 R�o�d�r�i�g�o� �M�e�n�e�s�e�s� �10 The vulnerability context of homelessness in Delhi: evaluating the network shelter governance system 190 A�s�h�w�i�n� �P�a�r�u�l�k�a�r� �PART III COMPARING URBAN POVERTY 11 Urban poverty and street vending in Mexico City and Milan 226 D�i�e�g�o� �C�o�l�e�t�t�o� �a�n�d� �Verónica Crossa �12 Bricolage at the urban periphery: poor people’s strategies in Argentina and Ecuador 246 M�a�r�i�c�a�r�m�e�n� �H�e�r�n�án�d�e�z� �a�n�d� �J�a�v�i�e�r� �A�u�y�e�r�o� �13 The “double movement” and the distribution of urban poverty amongst Lagos and Mexico City’s waste workers 267 C�ôm�e� �S�a�l�v�a�i�r�e�

‘This book presents an overview of current knowledge on urban poverty. It admirably rises to the challenge of examining both the common structural causes and the specific forms of poverty in different countries and cities. It is a valuable tool for combating this scourge, which is prevalent in all regions of the world.’