Governance Lessons from Urban Informality

Hugo Sarmiento and Chris Tilly
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Hugo Sarmiento: Department of Urban Planning, University of California, USA
Chris Tilly: Department of Urban Planning, University of California, USA

Politics and Governance, 2018, vol. 6, issue 1, 199-202

Abstract: We locate this issue’s papers on a spectrum of radicalism. We then examine that spectrum, and the governance mechanisms described, through the lens of a significant arena of urban counter-planning: the urban informal economy. Drawing on our own research on self-organization by informal workers and settlers, as well as broader literatures, we suggest useful lessons for reinventing urban governance.

Keywords: bottom-up; counter-planning; governance; informal economy; informality; radicalism; social movements; top-down; urban planning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.17645/pag.v6i1.1169

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