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040			_cIIT Kanpur
041			_aeng
082			_a307.76 _bB661g
100			_aBoudreau, Julie-Anne
245			_aGlobal urban politics _binformalization of the state _cJulie-Anne Boudreau
260			_bPolity Press _c2017 _aCambridge
300			_axiv, 213p
440			_aUrban futures
520			_aIn what ways has global urbanization affected the political process? This book offers a reflection on the transformations of urban politics worldwide in the past four decades, from interpersonal street-level politics to transnational governing institutions. Organized thematically, the book examines urban social movements, diversity politics, environmental politics and security politics at a global level and argues that living in an urban world calls for a profound rethinking of how we act politically. Through ethnographic incursions into the worlds of youth activists, domestic workers, rioters, barrio bandits and peripheral villagers, among others, from Mexico City and Hanoi to Montreal and New York, the book makes a number of theoretical propositions to redefine the field of urban political studies. Extending the view of urban politics beyond municipal and metropolitan institutions to the broader political process in cities, this book will be invaluable to advanced students and scholars interested in our urban future. For, as Boudreau convincingly suggests, global urban life is political life.
650			_aCities and towns
650			_aMunicipal government
650			_aSocial movements
942			_cBK
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