Da marginalidade à segregação: contribuições de uma teoria urbana crítica

• Main Author: César Simoni-Santos
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: El Colegio Mexiquense, A.C. 2017-01-01
• Series: Economía, Sociedad y Territorio
• Subjects: marginality; segregation; latin america; urban society; globalization
• Online Access: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=11152585003

Several interpretations of the dynamics of globalization have brought urban issues into the spotlight. Since the conditions of creation of urban society are tied predominantly to extra-regional factors, this process may potentially destroy the local nature of some specific social phenomena and, as a consequence, it calls for a new conceptual framework. This evolution seems to have significantly affected the concept of segregation. In a moment when the world is experiencing a social cleavage that had until recently been a distinguishing mark of Latin America, it is adequate to reconsider the local debate on marginality.