Housing, the State and the Poor

This book is concerned with the housing needs of the poor in Latin America and how they are articulated and satisfied. Based on the authors' research in Bogota, Mexico City and Valencia, it examines the aims and implementation of government policies towards low-income housing dwellers and relates those policies to the wider interests of the state. It discusses how the poor perceive the constraints on barrio servicing, their involvement in community organisations and the role of the community in influencing state action, and demonstrates how patterns of provision mirror the relationships between the poor and the wider urban society. Its main theme is thus the allocation of resources and the operation of political and administrative power at city level.Gilbert, Alan is the author of 'Housing, the State and the Poor', published 1985 under ISBN 9780521262996 and ISBN 0521262992.