Over 80% of Latin Americans live in cities. Metropolises in the region are marked by substantial inequalities that manifest in different domains, from access to housing or labor to vulnerability to environmental disasters. As a large share of citizens has limited access to public goods and services, their distribution is a key political issue. This course analyzes Latin American metropolises with an emphasis on state-society relations. The first part of the course covers the recent history of urbanization in Latin America, exploring its roots and social implications, notably on urban informalities and social mobilization. The second part focuses on urban governance, exploring distributive politics, innovations in participation and policy, illegal modes of governance, and processes of institutional change.
Marcela ALONSO FERREIRA
Séminaire
English
None
Spring 2023-2024
In pairs:
Students will develop an academic podcast episode, comparing a same topic in two metropolises of their choice. Topics and cases will be discussed in class not to overlap between groups.
• Podcast outline proposal (midterm): 30%
• Podcast audio and script (term): 60%
Individual:
• Participation in class, based on mandatory weekly readings: 10%
12 sessions of 2 hours
González Pérez, Jesús Manuel, Clara Irazábal, and Rubén Camilo Lois González. 2022. The Routledge Handbook of Urban Studies in Latin America and the Caribbean: Cities, Urban Processes, and Policies. New York, NY: Routledge.
Gilbert, Alan. 2013. Latin America. In Oxford Handbook of Cities in World History, edited by Peter Clark. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199589531.013.0026.
Munck, Gerardo L., and Juan Pablo Luna. 2022. Latin American Politics and Society: A Comparative and Historical Analysis. 1 Edition. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Marques, Eduardo Cesar Leão, ed. 2021. The Politics of Incremental Progressivism: Governments, Governances and Urban Policy Changes in São Paulo. IJURR Studies in Urban and Social Change Book Series. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
Post, Alison E. 2018. Cities and Politics in the Developing World. Annual Review of Political Science 21 (1): 115–33. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-polisci-042716-102405.
Le Galès, Patrick, and Vicente Ugalde. 2018. Gobernando la Ciudad de México: Lo que se gobierna y lo que no se gobierna en una gran metrópoli. El Colegio de Mexico AC.