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Type:
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Journal Article |
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Author:
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Gazdar, Haris; Mallah, Hussain Bux |
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Journal:
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South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal |
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Volume:
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5 |
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Date:
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2011 |
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URI:
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https://hdl.handle.net/10535/8298
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Sector:
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Social Organization |
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Region:
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Middle East & South Asia |
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Subject(s):
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settlement
collective action
regulation
governance and politics
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Abstract:
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"Around half of Karachi’s population resides in localities that started life as unplanned settlements, which acquired different levels of security from eviction. This paper examines the relationship between demand-making by unplanned settlements and urban political process. It interprets the gradual transformation of a cluster originally on the geographic and social periphery of the city into a regularised colony through the lens of collective action. The diverse roles of migration, mobilisation, and collective identity which we find in individual stories and community histories, capture a range of processes and experiences within Karachi’s wide margin. The politics of regularisation thus offers a critical perspective on the dynamics of urban democracy."
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