ABSTRACT
This chapter propounds the existence of a paradoxical movement in the relations between the city and inequality in contemporary Latin America. It reflects on the place of the city in the processes of the (re)production of social inequalities. The chapter demonstrates that, in order to reflect on inequality in Latin American cities, we must take into account urban space both as material and as relational reality. Urban space is a constitutive dimension of social life, with its own materiality and temporality. In the wake of the impacts of globalization and neoliberalism, however, the position of major Latin American cities in global spaces, as well as their relationship with their respective national spaces and their socio-spatial configuration, suffered profound transformations. Urban structure is not only a product of social processes, but also, as socially produced space, a key factor in the (re)production, expansion, or reduction of inequalities.
