ABSTRACT
Based on his students’ definitions of globalization, Murray (2006: 3) describes a common image of globalization as “a process that unfolds like a blanket across the globe, homogenizing the world’s economies, societies and cultures as it falls. Everywhere becomes the same, boundaries don’t matter and distance disappears.” In stark contrast, inequality among and within countries often accompanies globalization. This globalization-induced divide often justifies the view that the developing world is worse off in the wake of global economic progress (Sachs, 2005). This chapter focuses more closely on growing inequalities within developing countries and particularly in large cities.
