Introduction: housing processes taking roots in local action and extending to global networks -- Part I : Qualities of networks by urban poor -- Urban poor housing development in Asia: from target group to negotiating partner -- How urban poor networks are re-scaling the housing process in Thailand, the Philippines and South Africa -- Transnational networks of urban poor federations and their modes of action and cooperation: lessons from Tanzania -- Part II : Positioning of urban poor networks -- Moving from consultation to empowerment? The role of slum dweller organizations in global policy networks -- From grassroots shacks to the towers of power: Relationship building of transnational urban poor networks. Experiences from Africa and Asia -- Quiet conflict: Institutional change, informal settlement upgrading, and formalized partnerships between local authorities and urban social movements in South Africa -- Transforming the housing process in the Philippines: The role of local-global networks by the urban poor -- Part III : Urban poor networks in global development policy -- Urban grassroots movements and agencies of development cooperation -- Making sure the 'voices of the poor' are heard: Why forms of transnational activism can make a difference -- Grappling with housing issues at the city scale: Mobilizing the right to the city in South Africa -- Collective strength by global networks of the urban poor: Policy implications of affordable housing and co-development strategies -- Transnational networks of urban poor: Key for a more collaborative urban governance?

1. Housing policy -- Developing countries -- Citizen participation
2. Urban poor -- Housing -- Developing countries