SAO PAULO IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY by Eduardo Cesar Leao Marques (Editor) ( 9781317222972 )

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Title:

SAO PAULO IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
SPACES, HETEROGENEITIES, INEQUALITIES

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ISBN 10:

1317222970

ISBN 13:

9781317222972

Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

20 May, 2016

Series:

Routledge Advances in Sociology

Pages:

246

Synopsis:

This book analyzes in detail the main social, economic and special transformation of the city of Sao Paulo. In the last 30 years, Sao Paulo has become a more heterogeneous and less unequal city. Contrary to some expectations, the recent economic transformations did not produce social polarization, and the localized processes of spaces production (and the plural is increasingly important) are more and more key to define their respective growth patterns, social conditions, forms of housing production, service availability and urban precariousness. In other dimensions, however, inequalities remain present and strong and certain disadvantaged areas have changed little and are still marked by strong social inequalities. The metropolis remains heavily segregated in terms of race and class, in a clear hierarchical structure.The book shows that it is necessary to escape from dual and polarity interpretations. This did not lead to the complete disappearance of a crudely radial and concentric structure (not only due to geographic path dependence), but superposes other elements over it, leading to more complexes and continuous patterns. A general summary of these elements could perhaps be stated as pointing to greater social/spatial heterogeneity, accompanied by smaller, but reconfigured inequalities.

Illustrations:

6 Line drawings, black and white; 17 Halftones, black and white; 14 Tables,

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Routledge

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