The Making of a ‘Colony’ in Karachi and the Politics of Regularisation
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...
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2011-12-01
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj-art-87c862ce1e954fddb307d1bcfe2ba5022025-08-20T01:55:08ZengCentre d’Etudes de l’Inde et de l’Asie du SudSouth Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal1960-60602011-12-01510.4000/samaj.3248The Making of a ‘Colony’ in Karachi and the Politics of RegularisationHaris GazdarHussain Bux MallahAround 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.https://journals.openedition.org/samaj/3248Karachiunplanned settlementscollective actionregularisationpolitics |
| spellingShingle | Haris Gazdar Hussain Bux Mallah The Making of a ‘Colony’ in Karachi and the Politics of Regularisation South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal Karachi unplanned settlements collective action regularisation politics |
| title | The Making of a ‘Colony’ in Karachi and the Politics of Regularisation |
| title_full | The Making of a ‘Colony’ in Karachi and the Politics of Regularisation |
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