Gender identity in urban poor mobilizations: evidence from Bengaluru

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ID Serval
serval:BIB_373D673FC8DF
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
Gender identity in urban poor mobilizations: evidence from Bengaluru
Périodique
Environment and Urbanization
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Ishwar Haritas K.
ISSN
0956-2478
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
04/2013
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
25
Numéro
1
Pages
125-138
Langue
anglais
Résumé
This paper draws on field research conducted among a group of resettled slum(1) dwellers in the west of Bengaluru, and analyzes women's collective engagement to improve the provision of urban services in low-income neighbourhoods. The paper argues the need to deepen the focus on urban poor mobilizations below the level of the urban poor as a group - to look at the various groups, and the differences, divergences and contradictions within. Using gender as a differential, the paper focuses on women who dominate local neighbourhood level initiatives within low-income settlements, and analyzes their specific opportunities and constraints as actors within the larger domain of urban poor mobilizations. It proposes that these seemingly insignificant day-to-day negotiations diverge from more individual forms of "leadership", creating a political space at the lowest level of the neighbourhood where the projects of material improvement and emancipation take place simultaneously.
Mots-clé
gender, leadership, mobilization, poverty, rehabilitation, resettlement, slum, women
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13/08/2013 11:52
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20/08/2019 13:25
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