LATIN AMERICAN URBANIZATION, INEQUALITY, AND SOCIAL STRUGGLES IN THE 21st CENTURY
Issue Editor: Tom Angotti
Latin America’s urban movements have called attention to the deep inequalities within and among Latin American cities. While patterns of social segregation are an enduring legacy of colonialism and post-colonial development, new forms of spatial inequality are taking shape along with the expanded power of global capitalism and the growth of neoliberal reforms in the 21st century. At the same time, new forms of protest, popular organization and radical democratic reforms are emerging. Social inequality is configured around new fault lines of class, ethnicity, and gender.
Latin American Perspectives seeks articles for this special issue that deal with the political, economic, social and/or cultural dimensions of contemporary Latin American urbanization including but not limited to the following topics:
The commodification of urban space and expansion of global real estate
Neoliberal urban restructuring including privatization of public space
New contributions to the debates over urban informality and marginality
The growth of segregated enclaves, malls, and gated communities
Class, ethnicity, and gender in urban inequality and struggles
Radical, democratic urban reforms that address social inequalities
Environmental justice in urban areas
Urban-rural contradictions
New strategies of urban social movements such as Right to the City
Neoliberal and left approaches to decentralization and urban governance
Manuscripts should reach across disciplines and speak to LAP’s broad audience. We seek contributions that take into account new urban phenomena but place them in the context of Latin American history and social struggles. Cases may focus on individual cities, nations, sub-regions, or Latin America as a whole.
Please contact the issue editor with a short abstract of your proposed topic as soon as possible to avoid duplication.
SUBMITTING MANUSCRIPTS
Manuscripts should be no longer than 25 pages (approximately 7,000-7,500 words) of double-spaced 12 point text with 1 inch margins, including notes and references, and paginated. Please follow the LAP style guide which is available at www.latinamericanperspectives.com under the “Submissions” tab. Please use the “About” tab for the LAP Mission Statement and details about the manuscript review process.
Manuscripts may be submitted in English, Spanish, or Portuguese. If submitting in Spanish or Portuguese, please indicate if you will have difficulty reading correspondence from the LAP office in English.
All manuscripts should be original work that has not been published in English and that is not being submitted to or considered for publication elsewhere in identical or similar form.
Please feel free to contact the Issue Editor with questions pertaining to the issue but be sure that manuscripts (including separate file with basic biographical information and e-mail and postal addresses) are sent to the LAP office in Word or rtf format by e-mail to:
laps@ucr.edu with the subject line – “Your name – MS for Urbanization issue”
In addition to electronic submission (e-mail, or CD-R or floppy disk if unable to send by e-mail) if possible submit two print copies including a cover sheet with basic biographical and contact information to:
Managing Editor, Latin American Perspectives¸ P.O. Box 5703, Riverside, California 92517-5703.
Editor contact information:
Tom Angotti - tangotti@hunter.cuny.edu