I recently attended UPenn Prof. Michael Katz’s book talk at the New America Foundation. In Why Don’t American Cities Burn, Katz offers a historical analysis of the systemic and social constraints to violent collective action by minorities in U.S. cities which, Katz argues, result from a set of profound economic and political transformations. Although I [...]
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Why don’t American cities burn?
Posted in Peace and Conflict, Urban Politics on February 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
How the World Bank Institute spin-doctors urban development
Posted in International Politics, Urban Politics on August 19, 2010 | 2 Comments »
In June, I attended a new event format launched by the World Bank Institute (WBI). The Innovative Cities: Global Dialogue brings together mayors, corporate interests, some fig-leaf activists and a large number of Bank staffers (and presumably academic researchers as well, though I saw very few) to discuss urban development challenges and opportunities. UN-Habitat and [...]
Who Sets the Aid Agenda, and Why Does That Matter?
Posted in Health and Development, Urban Politics on December 31, 2009 | 2 Comments »
AU staff writer Sally Acharya recently interviewed me for the American Magazine. The article provides a neat summary of my current research. Kudos and thanks to Sally!
Gary Gaile Development Geographies Pre-Conference in DC
Posted in Afghanistan, Development Theory, Health and Development, International Politics, Urban Politics on December 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Development Geographies Specialty Group of the AAG is delighted to present the “Gary Gaile Development Geographies Pre-Conference” in Washington, DC, a one-day event in April 2010 which is themed around innovative policies and approaches emerging at the interface of research and practice. Merging debate around cutting edge research and acute practical challenges, the format [...]
New Article in Critical Planning
Posted in Afghanistan, Peace and Conflict, Urban Politics on September 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The key questions that I am posing in this article are: how can we explain city-level politics in two countries located at the very fringes of global capitalism, and how can a resulting reconfigured theoretical framework be integrated into an international comparative urban research agenda. Contemporary Sierra Leone and Afghanistan present major structural differences compared [...]
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