Acknowledgments -- Preface -- List of images -- Introduction -- New urban politics -- Accumulation, estrangement, and displacement -- Resettlement and the territorialization of exploitation -- Of unruly practices and resistance -- Reversing the arrow? : theory transfer and theory-building --...

As never before, international aid is in the hands of ordinary people. Concerned citizens in wealthy countries are starting philanthropy groups, joining giving circles, and traveling internationally to lend support. Yet, they are torn between the feelings that 'something' must be done about...