Dennis Rodgers

Dennis Rodgers is professor of urban social and political research at the University of Glasgow, UK. A social anthropologist, he works on issues relating to urban development, conflict and violence in Nicaragua, Argentina, and India. His most recent publication is the co-edited volume Popular Representations of Development: Insights from Novels, Films, Television, and Social Media (Routledge, 2013).

From civil to civic conflict? Violence and the city in 'fragile states'

The increasing ubiquity of riots, gang crime, and terrorist attacks in cities, would suggest the hallmark of the contemporary period is one of rising 'urban conflict' rather than 'peace'. But what is the link between the 'fragility' of states, and increasing violence in the city?

By Dennis Rodgers, Thomas Goodfellow and Jo Beall

/ 12 Nov 2013

Nicaragua: the road to 'pacification'

The transformation of Managua's road system should be seen as a case of “infrastructural violence” which is intrinsic to a broader regime of injustice, argues Dennis Rodgers

By Dennis Rodgers

/ 8 Nov 2011