Abstract
This chapter conceptualises power, governance and resistance. This chapter outlines the various forms of power and extends the discussion of formal and informal governance and planning and the relation between governance, planning and space. Using this framework, I argue later in Chapters 4 and 5 that the formal governance processes are state-centric in Bangladesh and the state controls the market and NGOs. Due to a lack of access to public institutions, poor people employ an informal governance strategy to get by in their everyday lives. Following this, I explore various types of resistance strategies that marginalised groups utilise in different parts of the world.