Santiago de Chile: Metropolization, Globalization and Inequity

Authors

  • Alfredo Rodríguez Centro de Estudios Sociales y Educación SUR
  • Lucy Winchester Institto Latinoamericano de Planificación Económica Social, CEPAL, Naciones Unidas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4067/S0250-71612001008000006

Keywords:

globalization, social integration, metropolization, segregation

Abstract

The paper describes how poverty and exclusion within Santiago has been overlooked, in part, because of the citys strong economic performance and impressive aggregate social indicators. It highlights how segregated the city has become -for instance the political fragmentation and the difference between the 34 municipalities that conform Santiago in terms of their per capita income, quality of education, extent of new building investment, and municipal authority levels of income and expenditure. It also describes the loss of social and physical space for public interaction and the rising perception of insecurity. It suggests that such problems are in part linked to the lack of democratic structures within Santiago since it lacks a democratic metropolitan government. Power, resources and decisions remain within national ministries.

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Published

2001-05-07

How to Cite

Rodríguez, A., & Winchester, L. (2001). Santiago de Chile: Metropolization, Globalization and Inequity. Revista EURE - Revista De Estudios Urbano Regionales, 27(80). https://doi.org/10.4067/S0250-71612001008000006