Globalized Slums

Our first 102 reading assignment, by George Orwell, dates back to 1933, but a Harper's article by Mike Davis connects the rise of mega-cities, slums, and global urban poverty directly to the policies and forces of globalization.

Download the slums handout (Word doc) with brief quotes from this article.

For a good source of international journalism, with heaps of articles and on-line debates about this and other topics relating to globalization, see OpenDemocracy.net.

Posted by Benjamin at August 31, 2009 02:09 PM
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