Social networks, people's organization and popular participation – process, Mechanisms and forms in the squatter settlements

Abstract

The article is based on a field study of six squatter settlements, two each from the cities of Delhi and Hyderabad in India and Manila, undertaken during 1992-1993 as a part of the research project entitled ‘Squatters and the State: A Comparative Study of India and the Philippines’. The study was sponsored by the Indo-Dutch Programme on Alternatives in Development of the Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi. The article deals with the nature, form and extent of community participation and action. The focus is on social interaction, participation in people's organization and community mobilization