User:Ddegenhart

About me
Base in Houston, Texas, I am an editor primarily interested in international issues relating to immigration, poverty, and equitable access to resources, as well as how we may use international relations for achieving collective, global progress for their resolution. As a Rice University student, my current goal is providing access to privileged educational knowledge through Wikipedia.

Topics of interest
The following are potential topics for future revisions:

Concentrated poverty
Concentrated poverty refers to dense collections of people living in poverty. Its article on Wikipedia has yet to receive an importance classification, is rated C-Class, and only reflects a US-centric point of view. Revision will include an expansion to global viewpoints, further examples, and more in-depth, reliable citations.

Plan
As mentioned, concentrated poverty's current quality necessitates expansion and revision. Additionally, the topic stands highly relevant to contemporary discussions regarding poverty and its spread. Discussion regarding decreased mobility among the middle and lower socioeconomic classes underscores the need to ensure the dissemination of well-sourced information regarding the issue.

The primary proposed changes are to implement a new section, titled Regional examples, where more international perspectives of concentrated poverty may be displayed alongside US perspectives. Some examples include South American concentrated poverty (such as Brazilian Favelas), Turkish Gecekondus, and concentrated poverty in other regions supported by academic sources.

Following Regional examples will be Policy interventions throughout the world, serving a similar purpose but instead outlining worldly examples of policies and other approaches to concentrated poverty.

Currently absent, a See also section will also be added, adding links to relevant topics such as region-specific approaches.

Sources for consideration
The following are sources under consideration for implementation in the article's revision:

1.    Alabi, Moruf. “Political Economy of Urban Housing Poverty and Slum Development in Nigeria.” Eastern Africa Social Science Research Review 34, no. 2 (2018): 59–79. https://muse.jhu.edu/article/704365.

2.    Brockerhoff, Martin, and Brennan, Ellen. “The Poverty of Cities in Developing Regions.” Population and Development Review 24, no. 1 (March 1, 1998): 75–114.

3.    Chimankar, Digambar. “Urbanization and Condition of Urban Slums in India.” The Indonesian Journal of Geography 48, no. 1 (June 1, 2016): 28–36. http://search.proquest.com/docview/1858592647/.

4.    Coulton, Claudia J, and Pandey, Shanta. “Geographic Concentration of Poverty and Risk to Children in Urban Neighborhoods.” American Behavioral Scientist 35, no. 3 (January 1992): 238–257.

5.    Erman, Tahire. "The politics of squatter (gecekondu) studies in Turkey: the changing representations of rural migrants in the academic discourse." Urban studies 38, no. 7 (2001): 983-1002.

6.    Gans, Herbert J. "Concentrated Poverty: A Critical Analysis." Challenge 53, no. 3 (2010): 82-96. Accessed February 12, 2020. www.jstor.org/stable/40722644.

7.    Iceland, John, and Hernandez, Erik. “Understanding Trends in Concentrated Poverty: 1980–2014.” Social Science Research 62 (February 2017): 75–95.

8.    Jean-François Pérouse. “Deconstructing the Gecekondu.” European Journal of Turkish Studies (March 1, 2015). https://doaj.org/article/23ac1a3f5b4c487ba5cdd88895972fb9.

9.     Kapur Mehta, Aasha, and Amita Shah. “Chronic Poverty in India: Incidence, Causes and Policies.” World Development 31, no. 3 (2003): 491–511. 10. Mahembe, Edmore, and Odhiambo, Nicholas. “THE DYNAMICS OF EXTREME POVERTY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.” Studia Universitatis “Vasile Goldis” Arad. Seria stiinte economice 28, no. 2 (April 1, 2018): 18–35. http://search.proquest.com/docview/2059069916/.

Forced displacement
A low rating and insufficient information highlighted the need for revising Forced Displacement. Within both the International Relations and Human Rights WikiProjects, Forced Displacement stood as a “start-class” article, indicating various quality issues. In the latter project, Forced Displacement was rated as “High Importance,” further indicating the need for its refinement. Other marks include its listing as a “Level-5 High Importance” article within Society, where it also stood at “start-class.” Additionally, a flag requesting additional citations to reliable sources pointed to a need for improving credibility.

For a more thorough overview of my proposed changes, check out my sandbox.

Featured scholarly citations to be used for forced displacement
- Camprubí, Alejandra Torres. 2013. “Climate Change, Forced Displacement and International Law.” Review of European Comparative & International Environmental Law 22 (3): 373–75. doi:10.1111/reel.12036_2.

- Cantor, David James. 2016. “‘As Deadly as Armed Conflict? Gang Violence and Forced Displacement in the Northern Triangle of Central America.’” Agenda Internacional 23 (34): 77–97. doi:10.18800/agenda.201601.003.

- Cone, Jason, And Marc Bosch Bonacasa. 2018. “Invisible War: Central America’s Forgotten Humanitarian Crisis.” Brown Journal of World Affairs 24 (2): 225–39. https://search-ebscohost-com.ezproxy.rice.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=131613731&site=ehost-live&scope=site.

- Deng, Francis. “International Response to Internal Displacement: A Revolution in the Making.” Human Rights Brief 11, no. 3 (2004). https://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1372&context=hrbrief.

Grandi, Filippo. 2018. “Forced Displacement Today: Why Multilateralism Matters.” Brown Journal of World Affairs 24 (2): 179–89. https://search-ebscohost-com.ezproxy.rice.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=131613727&site=ehost-live&scope=site.

- Jiménez, Everardo Víctor. 2016. “La Violencia En El Triángulo Norte de Centroamérica: Una Realidad Que Genera Desplazamiento.” Papel Político 21 (1): 167–96. doi:10.11144/Javeriana.papo21-1.vtnc.

- Salazar, Luz María, and José Antonio Álvarez Lobato. 2018. “Violencia y Desplazamientos Forzados En México.” Revista Cuicuilco 25 (73): 19–37. https://search-ebscohost-com.ezproxy.rice.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=136004601&site=ehost-live&scope=site.

- Sánchez Mojica, Beatriz Eugenia. 2013. “A City Torn Apart: Forced Displacement in Medellín, Colombia.” International Law, no. 22 (January): 179–210. https://search-ebscohost-com.ezproxy.rice.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=92735501&site=ehost-live&scope=site.

- Song, Young Hoon. “Conflict, International Response, and ForcedMigration in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1980-2007.” The Korean Journal of International Studies 10, no. 1 (June 2010). http://www.kaisnet.or.kr/resource/down/10_1_01.pdf.

- Torres, Félix E. 2019. “El Desplazamiento Forzado En Los Intersticios de La Justicia Transicional: Oportunidades y Riesgos.” Revista de Estudios Sociales, no. 69 (July): 28–40. doi:10.7440/res69.2019.03.