A world more urban... The world is undergoing massive urbanization, and is projected to increase from three to over four billion city dwellers, mostly in the de

A world more urban... The world is undergoing massive urbanization, and is projected to increase from three to over four billion city dwellers, mostly in the de

The urban poor now constitute an unreached people group that is the third largest in the world—one that is doubling every decade and among the most responsive

In this revelatory book, Sudhir Venkatesh takes us into Maquis Park, a poor black neighborhood on Chicago's Southside, to explore the desperate and remarkable w

This is compounded by the lack of voice and influence that low income groups have in these official spheres.