Homes at work urban informality and recognition in Latin America and Africa / María Carrizosa.
| Author/creator | Carrizosa, María |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023. |
| Description | 1 online resource |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Series | Routledge advances in regional economics, science and policy |
| Abstract | "Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic working from home became a global phenomenon, yet before 2020, it was a relatively understudied practice. But in informal settlements, the definition of 'home' and 'employment' is completely intertwined, which is why there is so much to learn from them. For over half a century, mainstream theoretical approaches to urban informality, dominated by development economics, often fail to see this economic and spatial phenomenon jointly. Labor studies tend to be space-blind and spatial studies often disregard informal employment. Profoundly interdisciplinary, this work connects scholarship in development, public policy, labor studies, and feminist economics, with that in urban studies, planning, housing, architecture, and visual studies. The book walks the reader behind the closed doors of working homes that make the fabric, both social and economic, of most cities. It applies a visual methodology to reveal their "space-use intensity" and quantify the extent to which houses in informal settlements fill their inner pores with economic activity and community services. The research also revisits urban formalization policies Latin America and Africa, to uncover a fallacious politics of recognition. It ultimately argues for a recognition continuum: an approach to urban informality that is more practical and fairer. The book will be of interest to development economists, urban scholars, public policy specialists, time-use researchers, and architects working on housing, employment generation, urban livelihoods, gender studies, and related topics"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Carrizosa, María. Homes at work London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023 9781032286235 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2022056521 |
| ISBN | 9781000879186 (epub) |
| ISBN | 9781003297727 (ebook) |
| ISBN | (hardback) |
| ISBN | (paperback) |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |