From Local Action to Global Networks Housing the Urban Poor 1st Edition by Peter Herrle, Astrid Ley ISBN 1472450515 9781472450517

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ISBN 10: 1472450515 
ISBN 13: 9781472450517
Author:  Peter Herrle, Astrid Ley

Over the past two decades it has become widely recognized that housing issues have to be placed in a broader framework acknowledging that civil society in the form of Community Based Organizations (CBOs) and their allies are increasingly networking and emerging as strong players that cannot easily be overlooked. Some of these networks have crossed local and national boundaries and have jumped political scales. This implies that housing issues have to be looked at from new angles: they can no longer simply be addressed through localized projects, but rather at multiple scales. The current debate is largely limited to statements about the relevance of individual organizations for local housing processes and tends to overlook the innovativeness in terms of re-scaling those processes and of influencing institutional change at various levels by transcending national boundaries. There is a significant lack of a systemic understanding of such globally operating grassroots networks and how they function in the housing process. This book brings together different perspectives on multi-scalar approaches within the housing field and on grassroots’ engagement with formal agencies including local government, higher levels of government and international agencies. By moving away from romanticizing local self-initiatives, it focuses on understanding the emerging potential once local initiatives are interlinked and scaled-up to transnational networks.

From Local Action to Global Networks Housing the Urban Poor 1st Table of contents:

Part I Qualities of Networks by Urban Poor
1 Urban Poor Housing Development in Asia: From Target Group to Negotiating Partner
Introduction
People-led Development
Change in Political Relationships Bring about Change in Housing Solutions for the Poor
Building Financial Resource for Community-driven Development Projects
Making Invisible and Poor Minorities an Active Cooperation Partner
Community Networks are the Glue that Holds Asia’s Community Movement Together
Building Local Partnerships for a Collaborative Housing and City Development
Concrete Action by Communities to Lead the Change – Turning ‘Waiters’ into ‘Doers’
Conclusion
2 How Urban Poor Networks are Re-scaling the Housing Process in Thailand, the Philippines and South Africa
Introduction
The Rise of Transnational Networks of the Urban Poor in the Housing Debate
SDI and ACHR – Two Models of Network-Building
SDI and ACHR/UPCA Networks
Transnational Practices
Re-scaling Transnational Housing Activism
From Saving Collectives to Settlement-wide Representation
From Local Projects to City-wide Programmes
From Global Arena to Selective Clusters
Conclusions
References
Interviews
3 Transnational Networks of Urban Poor Federations and their Modes of Action and Cooperation – Lessons from Tanzania
Tanzania Urban Poor Federation – Modes of Action and Cooperation3
Mode A: Savings Groups Activities
Mode B: Settlement-wide Activities
Participatory, Hygiene and Sanitation Transformation (PHAST) Programme
Quality and Functions of Relationships Emerging from Different Modes of Action and Cooperation
Effects of Networking and Cooperation Activities in TUPF and SDI
References
Part II Positioning of Urban Poor Networks
4 Moving from Consultation to Empowerment? The Role of Slum Dweller Organizations in Global Policy Networks
5 From Grassroots Shacks to the Towers of Power: Relationship Building of Transnational Urban Poor Networks. Experiences from Africa and Asia1
Introduction
Housing Policy Context
Civil Society Actors – Transnational Social Movements in the Housing Field
‘Quality Leaps’ by Extending Practices for Relationship-Building with the State
Political Impact and New Governance Spaces
Local Level: From Participating to Initiating
National Level: Gaining Visibility – Non-Institutionalized Governance Spaces
International Level: Global Solidarity and New Roles
New Interfaces between Transnational Networks of Urban Poor and External Stakeholders
Conclusion
References
Interviews
6 Quiet Conflict: Institutional Change, Informal Settlement Upgrading, and Formalized Partnerships Between Local Authorities and Urban Social Movements in South Africa
‘Upgrading Where We Are’: The Cape Town Partnership
From Intentions to Implementation: The Case of Mshini Wam
‘They could essentially take us by the hand’: Partnering in Stellenbosch
Upgrading, but Different: The Case of Langrug
Institutionalizing Something ‘Unique’
A Flash in the Pan?
References
7 Transforming the Housing Process in the Philippines: The Role of Local-Global Networks by the Urban Poor
Introduction
Actors and Changes in the Housing Process
Changes in the Housing Policies After 2010
The Re-ordering of Governance through the ISF Housing Programme
Translocal Interactions
The Formation of UP-ALL
Common Projects Facilitating Translocal Interactions
Electoral Participation in 2010 and Post-election Engagements
Conclusions: Local-Transnational Linkages in Housing the Urban Poor
Part III Urban Poor Networks in Global Development Policy
8 Urban Grassroots Movements and Agencies of Development Cooperation
Land Occupations and Self-built Settlements as a Form of Resistance and Disobedience
Global Development Cooperation as a Business Sector4
Funding Linked to Urban Housing and Settlement Problems in Development Cooperation
The Cooperation Triangle of Agencies, NGOs and Urban Grassroots Movements
New Constellations, Role Overlaps and Accountability
Development Cooperation and Local Democracy
Reproducing Some of the Logics of Private Welfare and Philanthropy
From Local ‘Beneficiaries’ to ‘Actors of Change’
Underlying Bias in the Relationship to Target Groups: ‘Blame the Poor’!
‘Entitlement Culture’ and Self-help
Urban Interventions of Development Agencies and Grassroots Movements
Shaping Urban Grassroots Movements to the Donors’ Convenience?
Outlook
References
9 Making Sure the ‘Voices of the Poor’ are Heard: Why Forms of Transnational Activism Can Make a Difference
Introduction
Transnational Activism, International Exchanges and Political Change
A Stronger Voice – A Voice in Itself and for Itself
A Constituted Collective with a Legitimate Voice
Something to Say
Conclusion
References
10 Grappling with Housing Issues at the City Scale: Mobilizing the Right to the City in South Africa
Introduction
The Right to the City
Making the Argument for the City Scale
Local Government Shifts
From Housing to Human Settlements
Towards Addressing Housing at the City Scale
Civil Society and the Struggles for Land and Housing in South African Cities
The Right to the City in the South African Context
Informal Settlement Network
Abahlali baseMjondolo
Development Action Group
Reflections on the Broader Impact of the RTC Concept in South Africa
Implementing City-scale Approaches in the South African Context
Conclusion
References
11 Collective Strength by Global Networks of the Urban Poor: Policy Implications of Affordable Housing and Co-development Strategies1
Collective Data Generation to Increase Voice, Visibility and Validity
Innovations Improving the Affordability of Housing
Collective Strength: The Power of Organizing
Co-development of Urban Poor Networks and Governments
Three Challenges of Networks and Co-development11
Co-development as a Multiplier for Change
Conclusion
References
12 Transnational Networks of Urban Poor: Key for a More Collaborative Urban Governance?
The Emergence of Transnational Actors in the Housing Process
Transnational Networks: Temporary or Permanent?
Internal Structure: Hierarchy or Network?
‘External’ Interface: Collaboration or Competition?
Means of Collaboration: Variety of Strategies and Partners
Transnationalism ‘From Below’: The Importance of Place-based Action
Beyond Participation: Towards Collaborative Governance

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