Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/VEhfbT Collective Action and Urban Poverty Alleviation Community Organizations and the Struggle for Shelter in Manila By: Gavin Shatkin Publisher: Routledge Print ISBN: 9781138264557, 1138264555 eText ISBN: 9781317164258, 1317164253 Edition: 1st Copyright year: 2007 Format: EPUB Available from $ 23.98 USD SKU 9781317164258R90 An estimated 600 million people now live in informal or 'squatter' settlements in the rapidly growing cities of the developing world. With such settlements often lacking basic necessities, there is an urgent need to address this urban crisis. Recently, innovative approaches have focused on the role of community-based organizations (CBOs) in setting up self-help and participatory programmes. This incisive book questions whether communities have the ability to organize, engage government and undertake major redevelopment. It also examines when and how mobilization of communities occurs and if such organizations possess any influence in the intensely political decision-making arena of urban land development. It is illustrated by a detailed analysis of the experience of CBOs in Manila, as the Philippine government has undertaken what is perhaps the most radical experiment in decentralized, participatory approaches to urban governance in the world. The book emphasizes the external conditions that influence patterns of collective action within communities and addresses issues such as the local political economy and the communities' place within the global economy. Additional ISBNs 9780754647867, 9781138264557, 0754647862, 1138264555, 9780754647867, 0754647862
