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The Philippines Road Home

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Housing is a fundamental human need but remains one of the most difficult things for disadvantaged people to obtain. Participatory approaches to accessing housing are often complicated and inconsi...
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  • 05 May 2026
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Housing is a fundamental human need but remains one of the most difficult things for disadvantaged people to obtain. Participatory approaches to accessing housing are often complicated and inconsistent and need to be re-examined. The book explores three cases in the Philippines, revealing how people understand and experience participatory housing as both empowering and conflicting. Using an organisational communication lens, Koschmann rethinks civil society collaboration in housing resettlement and relocation, proposing a new approach to participation for informal settlement communities in the Global South. The book is essential reading for researchers, students, and practitioners in organisational communication, housing, and development.
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Price: $119.95
Pages: 236
Publisher: Bristol University Press
Imprint: Bristol University Press
Publication Date: 05 May 2026
ISBN: 9781529245233
Format: Hardcover
BISACs: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Development, Housing and homelessness, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Nonprofit Organizations & Charities / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Nonprofit Organizations & Charities / Marketing & Communications, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, Organizational theory and behaviour, Development studies, Communication studies, Urban communities / city life
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'Relevant for academics, program leaders, and policy makers, this much-needed book shows the value of Organizational Communication in understanding complex problems.' Jan Bernadas, De La Salle University



'Grounded in Filipino experiences, this book powerfully highlights participation, engagement, and shared hope as communities strive to create safe and secure housing.' Rodelon Ramos, Habitat for Humanity Philippines
Matthew A. Koschmann is Associate Professor of Communication at the University of Colorado Boulder.

Preface

Part I: Developing a Communicative Approach to Participation for Informal Settlement Housing

1. Developing a Communicative Approach to Informal Settlement Housing and Civil Society Collaboration in the Philippines

2. Participatory Approaches for Informal Settlement Housing

3. Thinking Communicatively about Participation and Informal Settlement Housing

4. Research Methods: How Do You Know That?

Part II: Empirical Case Studies of Participatory Housing

5. Habitat for Humanity Philippines: Participation as Partnership

6. Gawad Kalinga: Participation as Total Community

7. Community Organizers Multiversity and the Alliance of Peoples’ Organizations Along the Manggahan Floodway: Participation as Joyful Struggle

8. Summary, Conclusions and Hope for the Road Home

Afterword