Our experiences of the city are dependent on our gender, race, class, age, ability, and sexual orientation. It was already clear before the pandemic that cities around the world were divided and becoming increasingly unequal. The pandemic has torn back the curtain on many of these pre-existing inequalities.Contributions to this volume engage directly with different urban communities around the world. They give voice to those who experience poverty, discrimination and marginalisatio...

Amélia Fang, malicieuse vampirette, déteste assister au Bal barbare annuel organisé par sa mère, la comtesse Frivoletta. Ce soir-là, le palais est rempli de vieux monstres qui portent trop de dentelles et qui empestent le Poubel n°5. Comble de malheur, Tangine, prince de Nocturnia et sale-gosse-pourri-gâté, capture Trouille, sa citrouille de compagnie. La guerre est déclarée !

Human security is a key element in the measure of well-being, and a hot topic in anthropology and development studies. A World of Insecurity outlines a new approach to the subject.The contributors expose a contradiction at the heart of conventional accounts of what constitutes human security, namely that without taking non-material considerations such as religion, ethnicity and gender into account, discussions of human security, academically and in practical terms, are incomplete, ...