Book Review - "Planet of Slums."

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This paper reviews the book by Mike Davis entitled "Planet of Slums" which critics describe as "groundbreaking, mind-stretching stuff." The writer describes Davis as a "social geographer", provides an in-depth account of the book and, while admitting that it could be depressing for some to read, recommends it highly.

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"The hard cover copy of Planet of Slums that I reviewed is a compact, well-written 228 pages of academic argument. Unlike all too many treatises in this genre, the reader is not left to drown in jargon - Davis writes in a style that is accessible to most people, not just to subject specialists. This is appropriate, as he clearly means to speak to the everyman (or everywoman). This book appears intended to warn anyone who will listen of the unpleasant fate we are heading towards at unprecedented speed - a future in which most of the planet is swallowed by ever-spreading slums, and the majority of human beings are fated to live in festering squalor, rather than in the brave new world previously envisaged by more optimistic prophets. In Davis's words:"

Sample of Sources Used:

• BLDGBlog. Interview with Mike Davis. Retrieved from http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2006/05/interview-with-mike-davis-part-1.html
• Davis, Mike. Planet of Slums. London: Verso, 2006.
• Stiglitz, Joseph E. Globalization and its Discontents. New York: W.W. Norton & Co, 2002.

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