The objective of this article is to understand how the action of a Government can generate Urban Informality and what its consequences are. Taking Peru as a reference, this article does not seek to share an idea or opinion with empirical information,[1] but rather to reflect on the cause- effect connections between the State and Informality. In this sense, it is convenient to distinguish Labour Informality (defined by the labour conditions, in relation to the current Legal Framework) from Urban Informality (how social groups access land, provide basic services and build their homes). In Peru, between 1990 and 2019, a free market model has been developing and it has sought to promote private investment and formal businesses and, mainly, it has considered reducing informality. There are four aspects that we consider: the Housing Policy, the Property Titling Policy (aimed at curbing informa...

The article addresses the relationship between the civilizational crisis and urban crises that cities have experienced in recent decades. In the West, it went from the urban crisis, located in the social economic system and political legitimacy, to the “disappearance of cities”, in which the community has ceased to be founded in the proximity or local population density. In Latin America, the urban crisis of the twentieth century in Europe and the United States is rather the normal situation of its cities, and the civilizational crisis has worsened this situation, characterized by informality and the lack of adequate housing.

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This article attempts a balance of the city of Lima in its pattern of spatial growth and attention to the housing problem during the republican period (1821-2020), paying attention to the process of inequality generated according to the various social classes. Addresses three periods: 1821-1920, characterized by the predominance of the free market in housing production, 1921-1989 in which the axes of the of the city are defined, the patterns of social and spatial segregation are established and the approaches of modern urbanism give way to a “realistic” vision that accepts the “barriadas” (slums) as the “solution” to housing. Finally, the period 1990-2020, represents the adoption of neoliberal policies and a relative abandonment of the role of the State, with consequences of the greater promotion of informality and the worsening of housing care.

El número 31 de la Revista de Sociología continúa el abordaje destinado al bicentenario como un momento para seguir pensando la posibilidad de construcción de una nación en el Perú y, además, considera un conjunto de artículos destacando una preocupación por el tema de la ciudad y sus problemas. Cabe destacar que, a pocas semanas de ser publicado este número, la población, principalmente juvenil, decidió actuar de acuerdo con las exigencias de una democracia participativa y comprometida: la protesta social se hizo presente en el país de cara al golpe de estado planificado desde el Congreso de la República, llevando a cabo, durante cinco días sumamente intensos, la aparición de lo que sería conocido como la “Generación del Bicentenario”. Juventudes de diferentes partes del Perú sumaron esfuerzos, de la mano con herramientas y tecnologías digitales, para hacer oír ...

The paper addresses urban issues from the concept of the right to the city. An initial location of the state of affairs from the specificity of urbanization in Latin America in their theoretical models and formal, informal or illegal processes from their own players in the Latin American city.

El número 33 de la Revista de Sociología sale a la luz en un contexto de cambios políticos en el Perú, referidos a la entrada de un nuevo gobierno, en el contexto de la pandemia del COVID 19, lo cual impone nuevos retos a las ciencias sociales desde la realidad. El número presenta diversas aproximaciones. En los artículos iniciales se incluyen reflexiones de filosofía y teoría social referidos a la postmodernidad y la crítica de la modernidad y al concepto de alienación en el pensamiento de Carlos Marx. A su vez, un intento de aplicar el concepto de hegemonía cultural de Antonio Gramsci al estudio del discurso del mestizaje en el Perú. En un segundo momento, las contribuciones, en el plano internacional y nacional, abordan temas sociológicos de actualidad referidos al COVID 19 en diferentes contextos. En el caso peruano desde la experiencia de los comedores autogestionarios....

La revista de Sociología número 35 se publica en un difícil contexto de la realidad peruana, caracterizada por la crisis política que, aunque respon-diendo a factores histórico estructurales, se agudiza a partir del 28 de julio del 2016 por el conflicto de poderes entre el ejecutivo y el parlamento. La crisis da cuenta de la imposibilidad de construir y desarrollar una agenda de política pública al servicio de las mayorías olvidadas del país, y de configurar un camino viable para la nación. En estos momentos, la crisis actual está dando lugar a la convulsión social, la mella de la democracia representativa, los extremos de las posturas políticas y la continuidad de la débil conciencia de ciudadanía en el país.

The article reviews the process of residential densification in the city of Lima between 2007 and 2017. It proceeds to classify the city of Lima in 6 areas: Lima Top, Lima central middle class, Lima Popular Worker, Lima North, Lima South and Lima East. The methodology defines the typology and reviews some population and housing indicators provided by the 2007 and 2017 population and housing censuses. Among his conclusions he confirms that the densification of housing is proven in the city of Lima, especially in its central area, reversing the trend towards depopulation observed towards the end of the 20th century. Densification in height is higher in Lima Top and Lima central middle class, and much lower in the rest of the city. This situation is due to the profitability of private real estate investment and the role of the State supporting it through flexibility in rules and subsidies.

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The objective of this article is to understand how the action of a Government can generate Urban Informality and what its consequences are. Taking Peru as a reference, this article does not seek to share an idea or opinion with empirical information,[1] but rather to reflect on the cause- effect connections between the State and Informality. In this sense, it is convenient to distinguish Labour Informality (defined by the labour conditions, in relation to the current Legal Framework) from Urban Informality (how social groups access land, provide basic services and build their homes). In Peru, between 1990 and 2019, a free market model has been developing and it has sought to promote private investment and formal businesses and, mainly, it has considered reducing informality. There are four aspects that we consider: the Housing Policy, the Property Titling Policy (aimed at curbing informa...

The article discusses the problems and challenges of sustainable urban development (SDD) in Peruvian cities and focuses on the Sustainable Urban Development Law (SDL), number 31313, adopted in 2021. It considers urban sustainability, both in Peru and in the Latin American region, noting the effect of innovative policy and legislation, especially in Brazil and Colombia, as well as some of its difficulties and achievements. Secondly, it considers the LDUS in its political and social context, stressing its intention to regulate territorial development and urban planning by optimizing land use in “harmony with the common good and the general interest”. Finally, the conclusions and recommendations pose a number of challenges for urban sustainability in Peru.

The article discusses the problems and challenges of sustainable urban development (SDD) in Peruvian cities and focuses on the Sustainable Urban Development Law (SDL), number 31313, adopted in 2021. It considers urban sustainability, both in Peru and in the Latin American region, noting the effect of innovative policy and legislation, especially in Brazil and Colombia, as well as some of its difficulties and achievements. Secondly, it considers the LDUS in its political and social context, stressing its intention to regulate territorial development and urban planning by optimizing land use in “harmony with the common good and the general interest”. Finally, the conclusions and recommendations pose a number of challenges for urban sustainability in Peru.

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Este artículo se propone abordar las principales tendencias de los estudios urbanos en el Perú durante el periodo 1990-2021, el cual corresponde a una época marcada por un nuevo proceso de modernización, denominado neoliberal o de “libre mercado”. A esos efectos, realiza un breve recuento de los estudios urbanos (y debates) realizados desde la década de 1950, una época caracterizada por un proyecto trunco de industrialización por sustitución de importaciones y fenómenos como las migraciones de la Sierra a la Costa, la urbanización del país y la emergencia de la ciudad-barriada.

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The article discusses the problems and challenges of sustainable urban development (SDD) in Peruvian cities and focuses on the Sustainable Urban Development Law (SDL), number 31313, adopted in 2021. It considers urban sustainability, both in Peru and in the Latin American region, noting the effect of innovative policy and legislation, especially in Brazil and Colombia, as well as some of its difficulties and achievements. Secondly, it considers the LDUS in its political and social context, stressing its intention to regulate territorial development and urban planning by optimizing land use in “harmony with the common good and the general interest”. Finally, the conclusions and recommendations pose a number of challenges for urban sustainability in Peru.

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