Jones, Gareth
Dr Gareth Jones
|
|
|
|
|
Experience keywords:
cities; gated communities; urbanism; identities; youth; international urban policy; violence; gentrification
|
|
* The Enigmatic City: essays on culture and space in Mexico,
* The Multiplex City: representations of the Mexican city in the 'new cinema',
* Elite Space: gated communities and identities in Durban, South Africa
* Deconstructing the 'slum': art and the politics of slums,
* Everyday Life and Identities of Street Youth in Mexico
* Street Youth, Violence and Gangs in Latin America
* The Politics of Land and Law Reform in Mexico
|
|
|
Countries and regions to which research relates:
Brazil; South Africa; Mexico; Ghana
|
Languages: Spanish [Spoken: Fluent, Written: Fluent]
|
Media experience:
Radio; TV
|
|
|
|
|
|
The following references are sourced from LSE Research Online|. References that are linked lead to the full text.
Jones, Gareth A. (2012) Human geography: here and now. Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK. ISBN 9781848442092 Jones, Gareth A. (2012) Homeless People: street children in Mexico. In: Smith, Susan J. and Elsinga, Marja and Fox O'Mahony, Lorna and Ong, Seow Eng and Wachter, Susan , (eds.) International encyclopedia of housing and home. Elsevier, pp. 138-144. ISBN 9780080471631 Jones, Gareth A. and Brickell, Katherine and Chant, Sylvia and Thomas de Benitez, Sarah (2012) Bringing youth into development. Zed Books, London, UK. ISBN 9781848133235 Jones, Gareth A. (2011) Drugs, violence and insecurity in Mexico. In: South America, Central America and the Caribbean 2012. Routledge. ISBN 9781857436198 Jones, Gareth A. (2011) Children and development III: making space for young people. Progress in development studies, 11 (2). pp. 145-149. ISSN 1464-9934 Jones, Gareth A. and Ballard, Richard (2011) Dinámicas de inclusión y exclusión en los procesos contemporáneos de gobernanza urbana en Sudáfrica. In: Bassols, Mario and Mendoza, Cristobal, (eds.) Gobernanza. Teoría y prácticas colectivas. Anthropos, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana , Iztapalapa, Mexico , pp. 235-263. ISBN 9788476589908 Jones, Gareth A. (2011) Slumming about: aesthetics, art and politics. City, 15 (6). pp. 696-706. ISSN 1360-4813 Jones, Gareth A. (2011) The cultures of the metropolis. In: Burdett, Ricky and Sudjic, Deyan, (eds.) Living in the endless city: an in-depth and multidisciplinary examination of our rapidly urbanizing world. Phaidon Press , London, UK, pp. 156-161. ISBN 9780714861180 Jones, Gareth A. (2010) Mexico and the war on drugs. In: West, Jackie, (ed.) South America, Central America and the Caribbean 2011. Routledge, London, UK. ISBN 9781857435627 Jones, Gareth A. and Thomas de Benitez, Sarah (2010) Youth, gender and work on the streets of Mexico. In: Chant, Sylvia, (ed.) International handbook on gender and poverty: concepts, research, policy. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK, pp. 195-200. ISBN 9781848443341 Jones, Gareth A. and Corbridge, Stuart (2010) The continuing debate about urban bias: the thesis, its critics, its influence, and its implications for poverty reduction strategies. Progress in development studies, 10 (1). pp. 1-18. ISSN 1464-9934 Jones, Gareth A. and Rodgers, Dennis (2009) Youth violence in Latin America: gangs and juvenile justice in perspective. Palgrave Macmillan, New York, USA. ISBN 9780230600560 Jones, Gareth A. and Rodgers, Dennis (2009) Youth violence in Latin America: an overview and agenda for research. In: Jones, Gareth A. and Rodgers, Dennis, (eds.) Youth violence in Latin America: gangs and juvenile justice in perspective. Palgrave Macmillan, New York, USA, pp. 1-24. ISBN 9780230600560 Jones, Gareth A. and Rodgers, Dennis (2009) Mean streets: gangs, violence and daily life in Mexico. In: Jones, Gareth A. and Rodgers, Dennis, (eds.) Youth violence in Latin America: gangs and juvenile justice in perspective. Palgrave Macmillan, New York, USA, pp. 289-315. ISBN 9780230600560 Jones, Gareth A. and Chant, Sylvia (2009) Globalising initiatives for gender equality and poverty reduction: exploring 'failure' with reference to education and work among urban youth in The Gambia and Ghana. Geoforum, 40 (2). pp. 184-196. ISSN 0016-7185 Thomas de Benitez, Sarah and Jones, Gareth A. (2009) Being in public: the multiple childhoods of Mexican 'street' children. Economic and Social Research Council Identities and Social Action Programme Thomas de Benitez, Sarah and Jones, Gareth A. (2008) Reconnecting with youth on the streets: a rights-based approach. UN youth flash, 5 (7). pp. 1-2. Jones, Gareth A (2008) Children and development II: ‘youth’, violence and juvenile justice. Progress in development studies, 8 (4). pp. 345-348. ISSN 1464-9934 Jones, Gareth A. and Moreno-Carranco, Maria (2008) Liminal cities: global spaces, everyday lives. In: Valença, Marcio M. and Nel, Etienne and Leimgruber, Walter, (eds.) The global challenge and marginalization. Nova Science, New York, pp. 209-225. ISBN 9781600218385 Thomas de Benitez, Sarah and Jones, Gareth A. (2008) Youth on the streets. UN Youth Social, Policy and Development Division Jones, Gareth A. and Herrera, Elsa and Thomas de Benitez, Sarah (2007) Tears, trauma and suicide: everyday violence among street youth in Puebla, Mexico. Bulletin of Latin American research, 26 (4). pp. 462-479. ISSN 0261-3050 Jones, Gareth A. (2007) Prólogo. In: Zamorano, Abel Perez, (ed.) Tenencia de la tierra e industria azucarera. Editorial Porrúa, México. ISBN 9789700769615 Jones, Gareth A. and Rodgers, Dennis (2007) Researching youth violence in contemporary Central America. Bulletin of Latin American research, 26 (4). pp. 439-443. ISSN 1470-9856 Jones, Gareth A. and Rodgers, Dennis (2007) Special issue: researching youth violence in contemporary Central America. Bulletin of Latin American research, 26 (4). pp. 439-550. ISSN 1470-9856 Jones, Gareth A. (2007) Perspectivas polítcas comparativas de la reforma del mercado de la tierra urbana. In: Smolka, Martim O. and Mullahy, Laura, (eds.) Perspectivas urbanas: temas críticos en polítcas de suelo en América Latina. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Cambridge, MA., USA, pp. 38-44. Jones, Gareth A. and Corbridge, Stuart (2007) Urban bias. In: Desai, Vandana and Potter, Robert B., (eds.) The companion to development studies. Hodder Education, London, UK, pp. 243-247. ISBN 9780340889145 Jones, Gareth A. (2006) The Venice Biennale and beyond: an interview with Ricky Burdett. Oculum Ensaios: revista de arquitetura e urbanismo, 5 pp. 103-114. ISSN 1519-7727 Jones, Gareth A. (2006) Culture and politics in the ‘Latin American’ city. Latin American Research Review, 41 (1). pp. 241-260. ISSN 0023-8791 Jones, Gareth A. (2006) Methodology and ethics of working with street children. International journal of migration, health and social care, 2 (2). pp. 39-40. ISSN 1747-9894 Jones, Gareth A. (2005) Children and development. In: Forsyth, Tim, (ed.) Encyclopaedia of international development. Routledge, pp. 69-72. ISBN 9780415253420 Corbridge, Stuart and Jones, Gareth A. (2005) The continuing debate about urban bias: the thesis, its critics, its influence, and implications for poverty reduction. Department of Geography and Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK Chant, Sylvia and Jones, Gareth A. (2005) Youth, gender and livelihoods in West Africa: perspectives from Ghana and The Gambia. Children's Geographies, 3 (2). pp. 185-199. ISSN 1473-3277 Jones, Gareth A. (2005) Housing policy (Mexico). In: Herrick, John M. and Stuart, Paul H., (eds.) Encyclopaedia of social welfare history in North America. SAGE Publications, London, UK, pp. 170-174. ISBN 9780761925842 Jones, Gareth A. and Rodgers, Dennis (2005) Introduction: photography and violence. In: DeCesare, Donna, (ed.) Hijos del destino: youth violence in the Americas. London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK. Jones, Gareth A. (2004) Street children. In: Forsyth, Tim, (ed.) Encyclopaedia of international development. Routledge, pp. 659-660. ISBN 9780415253420 Jones, Gareth A. (2004) Book review: Mexico’s mandarins: crafting a power elite for the twenty-first century. Progress in development studies, 4 (2). pp. 156-158. ISSN 1464-9934 Jones, Gareth A. (2004) Bridging the urban-rural divide: what can the urban learn from the rural? Reflections on the case of Mexico. In: Zetter, Roger and Hamza, Mohamed, (eds.) Market economy and urban change: impacts in the developing world. Earthscan, London, UK, pp. 123-146. ISBN 1853837830 Jones, Gareth A. (2004) Slums. In: Harrison, Stephan and Pile, Steve and Thrift, N, (eds.) Patterned ground: entanglements of nature and culture. Reaktion Books, London, pp. 190-192. ISBN 9781861891815 Jones, Gareth A. (2004) Regularization of land tenure: thinking hard outside the box. In: Fernandes, E. and Smolka, M., (eds.) Mercados de terras informais e programas de regularizacao fundiaria na America Latina: um Manual para formuladores de politicas publicas, gestures urbanos, ONGs e outros atores. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Cambridge, Mass., USA. Jones, Gareth A. (2004) The geopolitics of democracy and citizenship in Latin America. In: Barnett, Clive and Low, Murray, (eds.) Spaces of democracy: geographical perspectives on citizenship, participation and representation. SAGE Publications, London, UK, pp. 161-184. ISBN 9780761947332 Jones, Gareth A. (2003) Chile: political economy of urban development (review). Journal of economic geography, 3 (4). pp. 453-455. ISSN 1468-2702 Morgan, Beverley and Gelsthorpe, Verity and Crawley, Heaven and Jones, Gareth A. (2003) Country of origin information: a user and content evaluation. Home Office, London, UK Jones, Gareth A. (2003) Introduction: urban land markets in transition. Land markets in transition. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Cambridge, Mass, USA Jones, Gareth A. (2003) Camels, chameleons, and coyotes: problematising the "histories" of land law reform. In: Holder, Jane and Harrison, Carolyn, (eds.) Law and geography. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 169-190. ISBN 9780199260744 Jones, Gareth A. (2003) Book review: the exploited child. Progress in development studies, 3 (1). pp. 90-92. ISSN 1464-9934 Jones, Gareth A. (2003) Imaginative geographies of Latin America. In: Swanson, Philip, (ed.) The companion to Latin American studies. Hodder Education, London, UK, pp. 5-25. ISBN 9780340806821 Datta, Kavita and Jones, Gareth A. (2001) Housing and finance in developing countries: invisible issues on research and policy agendas. Habitat International, 25 (3). pp. 333-357. ISSN 0197-3975 Jones, Gareth A. and Varley, Ann (2001) La reconquista del centro histórico: conservación urbana y gentrification en la ciudad de Puebla. Anuario de espacios urbanos, 8 pp. 137-159. ISSN 1665-1391 Jones, Gareth A. and Ward, Peter M. (2000) Privatización de la tierra comunal: la reforma ejidal y el desarollo urbano en México. In: Fernándes, Edésio, (ed.) Derecho, Espacio urbano y medio ambiente. Dykinson, Madrid, Spain, pp. 143-174. ISBN 848155684X Jones, Gareth A. (2000) The geographies of law and resistance: an example from Mexico. In: Direito e governança: novas tendências da gestão urbano-ambiental e a reforma do setor público. Fundação João Pinheiro, Brazil, pp. 29-51. Jones, Gareth A. and Pisa, Rosaria A. (2000) Public–private partnerships for urban land development in Mexico: a victory for hope versus expectation? Habitat International, 24 (1). pp. 1-18. ISSN 0197-3975 Jones, Gareth A. and Datta, Kavita (2000) Enabling markets to work?: housing policy in the 'new' South Africa. International planning studies, 5 (3). pp. 393-416. ISSN 1356-3475 Jones, Gareth A. (2000) Between a rock and a hard place: institutional reform and the performance of land privatization in peri-urban Mexico. In: Zoomers, Annelies and van der Haar, Gemma, (eds.) Current land policy in Latin America: regulating land tenure under neo-liberalism. KIT Publishers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, pp. 201-226. ISBN 9789068321371 Jones, G. A. and Varley, A. (1999) The reconquest of the historic centre: urban conservation and gentrifcation in Puebla, Mexico. Environment and planning A, 31 (9). pp. 1547-1566. ISSN 0308-518X Jones, Gareth A. and Bromley, Rosemary D. F (1999) Investing in conservation: the historic centre in Latin America. Built environment, 25 (3). pp. 196-210. ISSN 0263-7960 Varley, Ann and Jones, Gareth A. (1999) Decentramento o frammentazione?: riflessioni sulla riforma del mercato dei suoli urbani in Messico. Storia urbana, 23 (88/89). pp. 93-117. ISSN 0391-2248 Jones, Gareth A. (1999) La vague des réformes foncières dans le monde. Urbanissimo, (20). ISSN 1635-8066 Datta, Kavita and Jones, Gareth A., (eds.) (1998) Housing and finance in developing countries. Routledge, London, UK. ISBN 9780415172424 Jones, Gareth A. and Mitlin, Diana (1998) Housing finance and NGOs in developing countries. In: Datta, Kavita and Jones, Gareth A., (eds.) Housing and finance in developing countries. Routledge, London, UK, pp. 26-43. ISBN 9780415172424 Jones, Gareth A. and Drought, Beverley L. (1998) Housing finance for refugees and forced migrants in Russia. In: Datta, Kavita and Jones, Gareth A., (eds.) Housing and finance in developing countries. Routledge, London, UK, pp. 136-154. ISBN 9780415172424 Jones, Gareth A. and Datta, Kavita (1998) From self-help to self-finance: the changing focus of urban research and policy. In: Datta, Kavita and Jones, Gareth A., (eds.) Housing and finance in developing countries. Routledge, London, UK, pp. 3-25. ISBN 9780415172424 Jones, Gareth A. (1998) Comparative policy perspectives on urban land market reform. Land lines, 10 (6). ISSN 1051-3035 Herrera, Elsa and Jones, Gareth A. and Thomas de Benitez, Sarah Bodies on the line: identity markers among Mexican street youth. In: Children's geographies. . ISSN 1473-3285 Jones, Gareth A. and Pisa, Rosaria A. Public–private partnerships for urban land development in Mexico: a victory for hope versus expectation? In: Habitat International. , pp. 1-18. ISSN 0197-3975
LSE Research Online is the primary resource for references to publications. For queries or updates please email the LSE Research Online team at lseresearchonline@lse.ac.uk|.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
AwardsESRC grant entitled "'Being in Public': The multiple childhoods of Mexican 'street' children” graded ‘Outstanding’
|
|
Gareth joined the LSE in 1998 from the University of Wales, Swansea, having also spent time at University of California San Diego and the Universidad de las Americas-Puebla in Mexico. In addition to the LSE, Gareth is an Associate Fellow at The Institute for the Study of the Americas, University of London, and in 2004 was a Visiting Fellow at the University of Texas- Austin. Gareth is currently a joint editor of the Journal of Latin American Studies and member of The British Academy Area Studies Panel for Latin America and the Caribbean.
He has undertaken consultancy for the Department for International Development (DfID), UN-Habitat , UN Youth Unit and Government of South Africa, and has been a trustee and advisor to a number of Non-Governmental Organisations. Gareth has conducted research in Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil, Ghana and South Africa. He is presently completing a joint book entitled Bringing Youth into Development (Zed, 2010) and has an advance contract with Temple University Press for a book tentatively entitled Street Corners in a Global World: veryday life and identities of Mexican street youth.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Browse the Experts Directory:
|
Collection of LSE research outputs
Service providing unique access
to LSE's expertise
[access restricted to staff]
Short articles about LSE research
|