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Exploring Urban Deprivation in London and Mumbai: Comparative Case Studies

This presentation discusses urban deprivation in London and Mumbai, focusing on strategies to overcome deprivations in urban communities. It includes case studies, literature review, and methods used to address poverty and capability deprivation.

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Exploring Urban Deprivation in London and Mumbai: Comparative Case Studies

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  1. Understanding Urban Deprivation: a northern perspective using case studies from East and South London MeeraTiwari & Susannah Pickering-Saqqa, University of East London m.tiwari@uel.ac.uk s.pickering-saqqa@uel.ac.uk DSA 3 Nov 2012

  2. Aim To map and disseminate good practice in overcoming deprivations in urban communities of London and Mumbai. • This presentation is part of the bigger study • An overview of the London component DSA 3 Nov 2012

  3. The literature • Deprivation within literature in Capability Approach • Lack of entitlements • Entitlements: Can be economic or non-economic, physical or non-physical • ‘Lack the opportunity to be adequately nourished, decently clothed, minimally educated, or properly sheltered’ (Sen, 1979) Note: the opportunities here are context specific – Sen’s unrestrictive list of capabilities • Poverty as capability deprivation • Income poverty • Capability poverty DSA 3 Nov 2012

  4. 3 London Case study sites Sampling strategy • Levels of deprivation in Boroughs (DCLG English Indices of Deprivation 2010). • Varied constituencies • Evidence of interventions with positive outcomes • Access – key challenge in northern context DSA 3 Nov 2012

  5. Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) Domains of deprivation • Income • Employment • Health • Education & skills • Housing • Crime • Environment DSA 3 Nov 2012

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  7. ATD Fourth World • Lewisham ID 16thmost deprived borough in London, 31st in England; high ranking on employment & crime (DCLG 2011) • Works with predominantly white English families. Self-defines as a “human rights based, anti-poverty organisation” • OGB-funded SLA work on Voices for a Change • Access via team member research DSA 3 Nov 2012

  8. 2. London Citizens • Hackney 1stmost deprived borough in London, 2nd in England or Newham 6th in England, 2nd in London (DCLG 2011) • Uses community organising to “transform communities and build local power”. Office cleaners from Latin America. • Living Wage campaign in Canary Wharf/Olympic Park/UEL? • UEL LSS Membership of TELCO. DSA 3 Nov 2012

  9. 3. Osmani Trust • Tower Hamlets 3rd most deprived borough in London, 7th in England; worst in London on income and housing measures(DCLG 2011) • Roots in anti-racism work of 1970s. Now working on “substance misuse, racial tensions…territoriality and gang-related violence”. 30% TH population from Bangladeshi community (LBTH 2011) • London Councils-funded Pathways to Citizenship • Access via project manager DSA 3 Nov 2012

  10. Methodology – initial framework Source: Based on Tiwari and Ibrahim, 2012 DSA 3 Nov 2012

  11. Way forward Workshop 1 outcome: • Decision to consult with case study organisations on their understandings of “deprivation”. Next steps: • Scoping visits and interviews with key decision-makers in case study organisations to understand: • Deprivations they address; strategies used to address them; expected outcomes. • Constituencies – snowball sampling – risk attached. • Revise conceptual framework • Field Work – data collected via semi-structured interviews with field level activists & “beneficiaries”. DSA 3 Nov 2012

  12. Questions Conceptual • Will the contextual understandings of “deprivation” in both London & Mumbai allow for meaningful comparative analysis? Methodological • How will access issues determine choice of Borough focus for LC case study and limit validity of data (OT)? DSA 3 Nov 2012

  13. Key references • The Capability Approach Literature • Joseph Rowntree Foundation: • Ethnic minorities and urban deprivation, 1998 • Ethnic minorities in the inner city, Dorsett, 1998 • Immigration and Social Cohesion in the UK, 2008 • Immigration, Social Cohesion and Social Capital, 2008 • Ostrom, E., 2011; 2008 • Stiglitz, Sen, and Fitoussi, 2009 • Social Cohesion: • Perspectives on global development 2012, Social Cohesion in a shifting world, OECD • Social cohesion, institutions, and growth, Easterly, Ritzen, and Woolcock, 2006 • Townsend P (1987). “Deprivation”, in Journal of Social Policy 16, 125–146. • DCLG (2011) Indices of Deprivation 2010 Thank you DSA 3 Nov 2012

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