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Looking Beyond Informality
Author(s) -
Fabricius Daniela
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
architectural design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.128
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1554-2769
pISSN - 0003-8504
DOI - 10.1002/ad.1253
Subject(s) - realpolitik , latin americans , political science , nationalism , informal sector , sociology , political economy , economy , economic growth , law , politics , economics
Abstract It is all too easy to be optimistic about the economic and social future of Latin America. Daniela Fabricius , the author of 100% Favela: The Informal Geographies of Rio de Janeiro (forthcoming), calls into question architects working within the realpolitik of a globalised, post‐nationalist world. Could an all too ready acceptance of existing conditions and the adoption of informality leave inhabitants short‐changed? For to live informally is also to live precariously ‐ no substitute for secure and prosperous living.