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Social justice in the Third World city

An essay on urban poverty

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International Journal of Anthropology

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This article questions the utility of the concept of urban poverty for the practice of development research and intervention. It surveys the main sociological approaches of poverty and concludes with considerations in the contet of social justice.

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  1. Inst. of Cultural and Social Studies, Wassenaarseweg 52, Postbus 9555, 2300 RB, Leiden, The Netherlands

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Nas, P.J.M. Social justice in the Third World city. Int. J. Anthropol. 9, 35–40 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02442183

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