ABSTRACT
The city is a social invention whose size, location and internal organization is a function of the distribution of power. The city reflects the struggle for power and many of the major changes in the city’s role and structure come about because of the mobilization of the citizenry. The shape and form of the city, like the state, is partly a function of bottom-up pressure. In this chapter we will focus our attention on the role of social movements in the city.
