{"product_id":"9781119141105","title":"Informality Revisited Latin American Perspectives on Housing, the State and the Market","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBulletin of Latin American Research Book Series\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eInformality Revisited\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eLatin American Perspectives on Housing, the State and the Market\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eClara Salazar\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolitical Science \/ World \/ Caribbean \u0026amp; Latin American\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eInformality Revisited \u003c\/i\u003eoffers an overview of recent debates about Latin American government programmes for the formalisation of informal settlements and housing provision in a neo-liberal context. Contributions from Latin American researchers analyse the contradictions in government actions and evaluate the consequences for urban poverty.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eBrings together nine leading Latin American researchers in the field of land and housing policy to address the question of informal urban development, particularly in Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Peru\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHighlights the interrelationships between the production of formal and informal urban development and demonstrates how economic and legal reforms intended to make the market more effective and profitable have affected the production of urban space\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores how Latin American governments are applying neo-liberal principles to land and housing policies\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eInvestigates the implications of government actions for the production and commodification of urban land as well as the formalisation of property rights and provision of housing for the urban poor \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eContributors draw on a wide range of quantitative and qualitative data, including census results and previously unpublished official statistics \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eClara Salazar \u003c\/b\u003eis a lecturer and researcher at the Centre for Demographic, Urban and Environmental Studies, El Colegio de México. She has given guest lectures in many universities in Latin America countries and elsewhere and has published four books, as author, co-author or editor, and around fifty book chapters and articles in specialist journals. Her research analyses informal urban development, focusing on the strategies employed by poor households to gain access to land and housing as well as the role of the state in this context.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e20 April 2020\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781119141105\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e180\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10.4\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44378604044428,"sku":"9781119141105","price":31.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781119141105_969f00d6-5f6e-4614-9065-22b0dd9d2718.jpg?v=1780164511","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781119141105","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}