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DESCRIPTION:What has neoliberal economic restructuring meant for urban expe
 rience? What has it meant\, specifically\, for the experience of class rel
 ations in cities of the Global South? A number of studies already focus on
  the plight of the urban poor or middle class under restructuring. It is n
 ot just the one or ther other group being transformed\, however\, but thei
 r relationship. It is their dynamic\, not their individual situations\, pr
 oducing new urban spaces\, social relations\, and politics.\n	\n	Marco Garri
 do documents the fragmentation of Manila into a 'patchwork' of classed spa
 ces\, particularly slums and upper- and middle-class enclaves. He then loo
 ks beyond urban fragmentation at its effects on class relations and politi
 cs\, arguing that the proliferation of slums and enclaves and their subseq
 uent proximity have intensified class relations. For enclave residents\, t
 he proximity of slums is a source of insecurity. They feel compelled to im
 pose spatial boundaries on slum residents. For slum residents\, the regula
 r imposition of boundaries fosters a pervasive sense of discrimination. Th
 us we see class boundaries clarify along the housing divide and the urban 
 poor and middle class emerge as class actors - not as labor and capital bu
 t as squatters and 'villagers' (in Manila residential subdivisions are cal
 led villages). Garrido further examines the politicization of this divide 
 in the case of the populist president Joseph Estrada. He shows the two sid
 es drawn into contention not just over the right to the city but over the 
 nature of democracy.\n	\n	The Patchwork City illuminates how segregation\, c
 lass relations\, and democracy are connected and thus helps us make simila
 r connecitons in other cases. It shows class as a social structure to be a
 s indispensable to the study of Manila-and many other cities of the Global
  south-as race is to the study of American cities.\n	\n	Marco Garrido is ass
 istant professor of sociology at the University of Chicago.\n
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SUMMARY:Marco Garrido: The Patch-Work City
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