Our first 102 reading assignment, by George Orwell, dates back to 1933, but a Harper's article by Mike Davis connects the rise of megacities, slums, and global urban poverty directly to the policies and forces of globalization.
Download a 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 January 25, 2006 11:35 AM