"The chapters of this book were originally presented as draft papers at the conference 'The politics of urban poverty, exclusion and violence: comparative analysis and policy insights,' organized in The Hague on 27 and 28 September 2007"--P. vi

Introduction 1. The Rise of Megacities and the Urbanization of Informality, Exclusion and Violence - Dirk Kruijt & Kees Koonings Part 1: The Social Dynamics of Exclusion and Violence in Megacities 2. Setting the Stage: Megacity's Violence and its Consequences in Rio de Janeiro - Janice Perlman 3. Coping with Urban Violence: State and Community Responses to Crime and Insecurity in Guayaquil, Ecuador - Caroline Moser 4. Middle Eastern Megacities: Social Exclusion, Popular Movements and the Quiet Encroachment of the Urban Poor - Asef Bayat 5. From Popular Movements to Drug Gangs to Militias: An Anatomy of Violence in Rio de Janeiro - Robert Gay Part 2: Political and Policy Dimensions of Urban Exclusion and Violence 6. Urban Governance and the Paradox of Conflict - Jo Beall 7. Shoot the Citizen, Save the Customer: Participatory Budgeting and Bare Citizenship in Porto Alegre, Brazil - Sergio Gregorio Baierle 8. Urban Exclusion and the (False) Assumptions of Spatial Policy Reform in South Africa - Susan Parnell and Owen Crankshaw 9. Crisis of the State, Violence in the City - Mariano Aguirre Conclusions: Governing Exclusion and Violence in Megacities - Kees Koonings & Dirk Kruijt About the Authors Bibliography Index