The city conceived in the "Neoliberal" context meant that those sectors that did not comply with the implemented norms of the neoliberal urbanization and building were simply not legally recognized and, therefore, were not considered existing or, failing that, were expelled from the city directly and violently, as evidenced in the continuous evictions, or indirect with the non-provision of public space, urban furniture, infrastructure and vital services. The most relevant cases of mega-investments in the region are located in the areas with the highest potential income, such as the Malecón 2000 in Guayaquil, Puerto Madero in Buenos Aires, Santa Fe in Mexico City and Puerto Maravilla in Rio de Janeiro. "The works of this volume venture into the analysis of the forms of expression and construction of citizenship in Mexico City, through showing some of the modalities in which it is exercised and generated by different urban social actors, within the conditions of increasing polarization, privatization, commodification, segregation and the processes of exclusion that have taken place in the capital of the country in recent decades. The four authors of this book address particular problems that arise in citizen practices to manage and make effective their urban rights, as well as various forms of social appropriation of rights and the idea of citizenship, beyond the guidelines of formal citizenship promoted by institutions." (HKB Translation) --Verso Cover.