Duque Franco, Isabel;
Ortiz, Catalina;
Samper, Jota;
Millan, Gynna;
(2020)
Mapping repertoires of collective action facing the COVID-19 pandemic in informal settlements in Latin American cities.
Environment and Urbanization
, 32
(2)
523 -546.
10.1177/0956247820944823.
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Abstract
How are civil society organizations responding to COVID-19’s impacts on informal settlements? In Latin America, civil society organizations have developed a repertoire of collective action, seeking to provide immediate and medium-term responses to the emergency. This paper aims to map these initiatives and identify strategic approaches to tackle the issues, given the strengths of those undertaking the initiative, and the scope, purpose and sphere of intervention. Using direct contact, a survey, and a virtual ethnography with social organizations has allowed us to identify and characterize the initiatives. The repertoire focuses on emergency measures around food security, and pedagogies for prevention, sanitation and income relief at the neighbourhood and district levels. We argue that the civil society response repertoire is diverse in form and resources but limited in scope; meanwhile the urgency of the situation and the mismatch with state action mean that crucial spheres of informality, vital to cultivating grounds for a healthy recovery phase, are being neglected.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Mapping repertoires of collective action facing the COVID-19 pandemic in informal settlements in Latin American cities |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0956247820944823 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1177/0956247820944823 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
| Keywords: | Civil society initiatives, collective action, COVID-19, informal settlements, Latin American cities |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Development Planning Unit |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10106194 |
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