Subject(s): Rural-urban migration -- Traditional Leaders -- Ethnic Politics -- Urban poor -- Migrants -- Political participation in Developing countries -- Developing countries in Politics and government -- Developing countries Urban regions Politics Participation of poor persons -- Nature and structure of urban poverty in developing nations -- Dualist model and urban income distribution -- Informal sector productivity and income trends -- Worker satisfaction in the informal sector -- Rural exodus -- Migration -- Economic assimilation -- Social adjustment of migrants -- Political integration of migrants -- Urban poor as a political class -- Traditional leaders,patrons and urban political machines -- Vertically mobilized participation -- Patron-client ties and clientelism -- Ethnic politics and urban poor -- Multiclass ethnic groups -- Special interest associations among the urban poor -- Neighbourhood associations -- Parties and urban poor -- Populist leaders and urban poor -- Marxist parties and urban poor -- Reform parties and urban poor