Abstract

Introduction Frans J. Schuurman and Ton van Naerssen 1. Urban Social Movements: Between Regressive Utopia and Socialist Panacea Frans J. Schuurman 2. Collective Organization and Action in Squatter Settlements in Arequipa, Peru Tom van Garderen, World Information Service on Energy, Amsterdam 3. Neighborhood Associations in Buenos Aires: Contradictions within Contradictions Juan Silva, CEDES, Buenos Aires 4. Clientelism, Competition and Poverty: The Ineffectiveness of Local Organizations in a Madras Slum Joop de Wit, Free University of Amsterdam 5. The Limits of Territorial Social Movements: The Case of Housing in Karachi Jan van der Linden, Free University of Amsterdam 6. Crossroads: The Rise and Fall of a Squatter Movement in Cape Town, South Africa Arnold H. Isaacs, DED, West Berlin 7. Between Utopia and Strategy: A Case Study of a Brazilian Urban Social Movement Geert A. Banck, University of Utrecht and CEDLA, Amsterdam, and Ana Maria Doimo, Federal University of Espirito Santo, Brazil 8. Power and Independence: The Struggle for Identity and Integrity in Urban Social Movements Menno Vellinga, State University of Utrecht, The Netherlands 9. The Chilean Squatter Movement and the State Roel Klaarhamer, Chile Committee in Amsterdam 10. Continuity and Change in the Urban Poor Movement of Manila, the Philippines Ton van Naerssen.

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