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URBAN POWER

BENJAMIN H. BRADLOW

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For the first time in history, most people live in cities. One in seven are living in slums, the most excluded parts of cities, in which the basics of urban lifeincluding adequate housing, accessible sanitation, and reliable transportationare largely unavailable. Why are some cities more successful than others in reducing inequalities in the built environment? In Urban Power, Benjamin Bradlow explores this question, examining the effectiveness of urban governance in two megacities in young democracies: São Paulo, Brazil, and Johannesburg, South Africa. Both cities came out of periods of authoritarian rule with similarly high inequalities and similar policy priorities to lower them. And yet São Paulo has been far more successful than Johannesburg in improving access to basic urban goods.