Yes, within a few years, like one in 5 or so people will live this semideath of urban slum hell, thanks to the triage of humanity under global capitalism. Mike davis, professor emeritus at university of california, riverside, a macarthur fellow and the author of more than 20 books speaks about his book planet of slums, which investigates the. Planet of slums by mike davis goodreads share book. Davis work, particularly planet of slums, has been criticized by merrifield and urban studies professor tom angotti as antiurban and overly apocalyptic. Nov 05, 2015 mike davis, professor emeritus at university of california, riverside, a macarthur fellow and the author of more than 20 books speaks about his book planet of slums, which investigates the. The essays sections, organized around themes, serve as a structural template for the book. With cool indignation, davis argues that the exponential growth of slums is no accident but the result of a perfect storm of corrupt leadership, institutional failure, and imfimposed structural adjustment programs leading to a massive transfer of wealth from. In this brilliant and ambitious book, mike davis explores the future of a radically unequal and explosively unstable urban world. In davis dismal descriptions of urban poverty, there are no people or social forces capable of challenging the social order. Its urban population increased from 108 million in 1960 to 389 million in 2000. Mike davis charts the expected global urbanization explosion over. Davis might have just as readily titled his book the world is a ghetto, after the 1972 hit. Planet of slums is a nonfiction book published in 2005 by the american author and urban theorist mike davis. The classic, brilliant, bestselling account of the rise of the worlds slums.
Mar 17, 2006 in this trenchantly argued book, mike davis quantifies the nightmarish mass production of slums that marks the contemporary city. World urban populations will soon exceed rural populations for the first time in human civilisation. While daviss approach may entail certain undeniable risks a flattening out of differences in both history and socialspatial form it is in fact, precisely the inherently totalizing and comparative project pursued in planet of slums that gives it its distinctive power. Planet of slums full text carnegie council for ethics. Latin america is the most urbanized region of the world. Pdf mike davis planet of slumsbook zz org khaled abolfetoh. Dinosaurs and the bible debunking the 7 myths that deny biblical truth series duration. Mike daviss global survey of the spread of urban poverty, planet of slums, is a horrifying but essential read, says ian sansom.
Mike davis born 1946 is an american writer, political activist, urban theorist, and historian. Dec 07, 2017 dinosaurs and the bible debunking the 7 myths that deny biblical truth series duration. Davis writes that in 1950, only 86 cities around the world had populations of one. With a third of the global urban population already living in dickensian slums, at least half under the age of twenty, mike davis explores the threat of disease, of forced settlement on hazardous terrains, and of state violence on huge populations. In cities where local elites are able to imagine a convivial future for themselves and where the economy is based on. Mike davis, the prolific author and social critic, piles on evidence in the service of a passionate, despairing, and at times furious analysis of the economic, social, and environmental state of cities in the global south. The author of the 2006 book, planet of slums, mike davis, is a noted historian and social commentator who is often concerned with the effects of industrialization on societies, the nature of the urban landscape particularly in the context of industrialization and a noted critic of neoliberal policies who instead advocates a marxist ideology. Mike davis, planet of slums, nlr 26, marchapril 2004. Books similar to planet of slums goodreads share book. Mike davis is the author of several books including city of quartz, the monster at our door, budas wagon, and planet of slums. It chronicles the spread of poverty in cities around the world where more than a billion people live in what the united nations classifies as slums.
He is best known for his investigations of power and social class in his native southern california. He is the author of budas wagon, prisoners of the american dream, city of quartz, ecology of fear, magical urbanism, late victorian holocausts, and dead cities. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you. It adroitly integrates diverse urban casestudies from. In planet of slums, daviss genre is the global disaster movie, as directed by the chroniclers of victorian poverty. Planet of slums mike davis celebrated urban theorist lifts the lid on the effects of a global explosion of disenfranchised slumdwellers. These critics charge that davis fails to focus on activist groups among the poor and working class in solving problemsas advocated by manuel castells and marshall berman. Review and analysis of planet of slums by mike davis. The lord god hath sworn by his holiness, that lo, the day shall come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks. I was appalled by some of the things i read and just cant understand how people live like that and nothing significant has been done about it. Whether, as jean comaroff has argued in her book on african zionist churches many of which are now pentecostal, this religion of the. Slums is the first truly global audit of urban poverty. There is no doubt that mike davis planet of slums sets out to reveal if not a hidden feature of modern societies, then at least one in which many of us turn a blind eye to its reality. Aug 17, 2010 chapter 6 of mike davis s planet of slums focuses primarily on the despicable not to mention dangerous living conditions of people in the slums.
Review of mike daviss planet of slums richard pithouse, july 2007 visions of the future, presented as aspiration or inevitability, exercise tremendous power over certain kinds of decision making in the present. Find books like planet of slums from the worlds largest community of readers. Mike davis 2006 planet of slums looks at the more than 1 billion people living in slums, expected to reach 2 billion people within the next 10 years. Sometime in the next year, a woman will give birth in the lagosslum of ajegunle, a young man will flee his village in west java for the bright lights of jakarta, or a farmer will move his impoverished.
Mike davis has turned his attention to the spatial. Jan 17, 2017 mike davis is the author of several books including city of quartz, the monster at our door, budas wagon, and planet of slums. Planet of slums download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Planet of slums by mike davis and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Click download or read online button to get planet of slums book now. In planet of slums, davis s genre is the global disaster movie, as directed by the chroniclers of victorian in city of quartz, the radical historian mike davis established himself as the raymond. Celebrated urban theorist davis provides a global overview of the diverse religious, ethnic, and political movements competing for the souls of the new urban poor. According to the united nations, more than one billion people now live in the slums of the cities of the south. Planet of slums by mike davis 2006 is a startling, terrifying, and honest expose of the worlds poorest bigcity slum dwellers. This is the second part of a twopart interview with mike davis, author, sociologist, and urban theorist, recorded upon the publication of his book, planet of slums. He is the recipient of the macarthur fellowship and the lannan literary award. The astonishing prevalence of slums is the chief theme of the historic and sombre report published last october by the united nations human settlements programme unhabitat.
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