Prosperity and Inequality in Metro Manila: Reflections on Housing the Poor, Climate Risk, and Governance of Cities

Authors

Emma E. Porio, Ateneo de Manila UniversityFollow

Document Type

Book

Publication Date

9-1-2016

Abstract

Wallerstein (1979, p. 119) posed these intellectual–moral questions more than three decades ago: ‘I would phrase the intellectual questions of our time—which are the moral questions of our time—as follows: (1) Why is there hunger amidst plenty, and poverty amidst prosperity? (2) Why the many who are afflicted do not rise up against the few who are privileged, and smite them?’

Recommended Citation

Porio E. (2016) Prosperity and Inequality in Metro Manila: Reflections on Housing the Poor, Climate Risk, and Governance of Cities. In: Banpasirichote Wungaeo C., Rehbein B., Wun'gaeo S. (eds) Globalization and Democracy in Southeast Asia. Frontiers of Globalization. Palgrave Macmillan, London