tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10970428.post961144235753810892..comments2024-03-27T08:00:05.698+00:00Comments on ResoluteReader: Mike Davis – Planet of SlumsResolute Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05543167556221747469noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10970428.post-65835335950110545452018-09-20T13:03:55.292+00:002018-09-20T13:03:55.292+00:00before here in my country(philippines) we have a s...before here in my country(philippines) we have a squatter (bourgeois term)but in reality we call it urban poor. my pre thinking that slum in the cities is because of land grabbing by landlord and bourgeosie comprador class, and a lot of my counrty side fellowmen go to tue city to find jobs and end ups in Contractual, deregulation in basic commodities.. Mr. Mike Davies is rigth in his matertial Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09179843935490784883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10970428.post-65538348278107828232011-05-14T18:27:40.186+00:002011-05-14T18:27:40.186+00:00Mike Davis's "Planet of Slums" is a ...Mike Davis's "Planet of Slums" is a flawlessly written and argued corrective about much wishful thinking floating around in the Western World as epitomized by (to draw some figures at random) the thinking of Thomas Friedman, Bill Clinton, and Jon Stewart. Globalization is wonderful - if there are problems, it'll all work itself out in the end. Treat this proposition as an Greg Cameronnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10970428.post-34142707303866439892008-12-05T14:24:00.000+00:002008-12-05T14:24:00.000+00:00You can read the book here:http://books.google.co....You can read the book here:<BR/>http://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&id=FToaDLPB2jAC&dq=%22mike+davis%22+planet+of+slums&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=GNoTUPCo3m&sig=seMIEcaaF3fCg-CX_m3mzJqvsJk&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=8&ct=resultUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00370415854557592299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10970428.post-56629601507628600952007-04-15T09:56:00.000+00:002007-04-15T09:56:00.000+00:00Sorry, but I kind of need it myself :-) I think th...Sorry, but I kind of need it myself :-) I think though that there are probably books that deal more directly with the issues that you describe. Not least two authors from Turkey that Davis refers too.<BR/><BR/>The first is a novel by Latife Tekin, "Berji Kristin: Tles from the Garbage Hills" of which he says she "explains why Istanbul's slums are called gecekondus ('setup over night')" apparentlyResolute Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05543167556221747469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10970428.post-8349786616219046432007-04-14T18:00:00.000+00:002007-04-14T18:00:00.000+00:00I need this book. Living in Istanbul where all the...I need this book. Living in Istanbul where all the problems of the city are placed at the feet of the migrants from the east and therefore contriubtes to the suspicion and hatred of Kurds, it would be really useful to have an international perspective of these movements. You really need to send it me. (Did you know this page comes up in Turkish here?)carolwilliamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09639564921082300723noreply@blogger.com