Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- Perspectives on CBOs and Community Development -- Globalization and Community-based Collective Action -- The Metro Manila Context -- Methodology of the Study -- Outline of the Book -- 2 Obstacles to Empowerment: Local Politics and Community Organizing in Metro Manila -- Urban Politics, Land Markets, and Civil Society Participation -- Historical Foundations of Contemporary Urban Politics in the Philippines -- Martial Law and the Urban Poor Movement -- CBOs and the State in the Post-Marcos Era -- The Social and Political Impacts of Globalization -- Conclusion -- 3 Community-Based Organizations and the State: Five Case Studies -- The Structure of the Community Organizing System in Metro Manila -- CBOs and the State in the Case Study Communities -- Conclusion -- 4 Building Communities: Social Capital and Participation in CBOS -- Theories of Community Participation in Informal Settlements -- Methodology of the Household Survey -- Profile of the Case Study Communities -- Kinship and Social Ties in the Communities -- Participation in the Communities -- Household Characteristics and Participation -- Conclusion -- 5 Political Identities and Collective Action -- Political Orientations of the Urban Poor: A Brief Theoretical Review -- Political Orientations of Informal Settlers in Metro Manila -- Resident Perceptions of their Political Environment in the Case Study Communities -- Residents' Perceptions of CBO Agency -- The Origins of Political Activism in Pasay and Navotas -- Role of Non-Governmental Organizations -- Community Identities -- 6 A Quantitive Assessment of Community Organizing in Metro Manila -- Methodology of the Survey -- A Profile of Informal Settlements in Quezon City and Manila -- Community Organizations: Leadership and Activities -- CBO relations with NGOs -- Community Relations with Government -- Conclusion -- 7 A Comparative Perspective on Collective Action and Community Change -- The Historical Roots of Contemporary State-Community Relations in the Philippines -- Community-Based Organizations and the State: Lessons from Metro Manila, Bangkok and Porto Alegre -- Community-Based Organizations and Communities -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary
There is an urgent need to address the problems experienced by rapidly growing cities in the developing world. Recently, innovative approaches have focused on community-based organizations (CBOs) in setting up self-help and participatory programmes. Using the experience of CBOs in Manila, this book emphasizes the external conditions that influence patterns of collective action within communities and addresses issues such as the local political economy and the communities' place within the global economy
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-161) and index
