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Urban Poverty, Local Governance and Everyday Politics in Mumbai
Av Joop de Wit
Häftad, 2019
751 kr
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This book explores the informal (political) patronage relations between the urban poor and service delivery organisations in Mumbai, India. It examines the conditions of people in the slums and traces the extent to which they are subject to social and political exclusion. Delving into the roles of …
Trends and Issues in Housing in Asia
Coming of an Age
Av Urmi Sengupta, Annapurna Shaw
Häftad, 2019
713 kr
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This book offers a comprehensive overview of current housing practices across Asian cities based on facts and trends in the market. For many countries in Asia, the future of housing is now. This future is closely linked to successful theoretical advancement and policy practice in housing studies. …
India's Middle Class
New Forms of Urban Leisure, Consumption and Prosperity
Inbunden, 2010
2525 kr
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This book examines the complexities of lifestyles of the upwardly mobile middle classes in India in the context of economic liberalisation in the new millennium, by analysing new social formations and aspirations, modes of consumption and ways of being in contemporary urban India. Rich in …
Growing up in the Knowledge Society
Living the IT Dream in Bangalore
Inbunden, 2009
2525 kr
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This work is an ethnographic investigation into the everyday lives of young people growing up and living in contemporary Bangalore. Moving beyond the hype of the Indian ‘knowledge society’, it examines how new forms of technology and outsourced labour become integral to their lives, changing the …
Governing India's Metropolises
Case Studies of Four Cities
Av Joël Ruet, Stéphanie Tawa Lama-Rewal
Inbunden, 2009
2525 kr
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This book is a comparative, sector-based study of the changing character of governance in Indian metropolises in the 2000s. Highlighting the horizontal and vertical ties of the participatory groups, both state and non-state, it looks at key civic issues.
Urban Navigations
Politics, Space and the City in South Asia
Av Jonathan Shapiro Anjaria, Colin McFarlane
Inbunden, 2011
2525 kr
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This book provides an important account of how the city in South Asia is produced, lived and contested. It examines the diverse lived experiences of urban South Asia through a focus on contestations over urban space, resources and habitation, bringing together accounts from India, Pakistan, Nepal …
Participolis
Consent and Contention in Neoliberal Urban India
Av Karen Coelho, Lalitha Kamath m. fl.
Inbunden, 2013
2525 kr
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While participatory development has gained significance in urban planning and policy, it has been explored largely from the perspective of its prescriptive implementation. This book breaks new ground in critically examining the intended and unintended effects of the deployment of citizen …
Dharavi
From Mega-Slum to Urban Paradigm
Av Marie-Caroline Saglio-Yatzimirsky
Inbunden, 2013
2525 kr
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Located in the heart of Mumbai, Dharavi is estimated to be the largest slum in Asia. Often referred to as ‘Little India’, it has been home to thousands of migrants from across the country providing opportunities for work and livelihood. As such, Dharavi presents a fascinating paradox: the …
Beyond Kolkata
Rajarhat and the Dystopia of Urban Imagination
Av Ishita Dey, Ranabir Samaddar m. fl.
Inbunden, 2013
2525 kr
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This book examines the politics behind, and the socio-economic and ecological repercussions of, the making of a new township, variously called New Town, Megacity or Jyoti Basu Nagar, in Rajarhat near Kolkata. Conceived by the West Bengal state government in the mid-1990s, in pandering to the vision …
Mumbai / Bombay
Majoritarian Neoliberalism, Informality, Resistance, and Wellbeing
Av Sujata Patel, D. Parthasarathy m. fl.
Inbunden, 2022
2526 kr
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Mumbai / Bombay is a quintessential urban expression which represents the questions and puzzles related to Indian urbanity. This book traces the various ways through which majoritarianism and neoliberal capitalist accumulation has reorganised Bombay or Mumbai in India.The book assesses Mumbai’s …
Mumbai / Bombay
Majoritarian Neoliberalism, Informality, Resistance, and Wellbeing
Av Sujata Patel, D. Parthasarathy m. fl.
Häftad, 2022
637 kr
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Mumbai / Bombay is a quintessential urban expression which represents the questions and puzzles related to Indian urbanity. This book traces the various ways through which majoritarianism and neoliberal capitalist accumulation has reorganised Bombay or Mumbai in India.The book assesses Mumbai’s …
Politics of Urban Land in South Asia
Current Challenges and New Directions
Av Urmi Sengupta, Kenneth Nielsen
Inbunden, 2025
2525 kr
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Cities in South Asia are homes to one of the highest concentrations of people anywhere in the world and the allocation of land and urban resources and the benefits that can be derived from them in this region have become increasingly contested. This book explores the politics of urban land in South …
Politics of Urban Land in South Asia
Current Challenges and New Directions
Av Urmi Sengupta, Kenneth Nielsen
Häftad, 2025
651 kr
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Cities in South Asia are homes to one of the highest concentrations of people anywhere in the world and the allocation of land and urban resources and the benefits that can be derived from them in this region have become increasingly contested. This book explores the politics of urban land in South …
Beyond Kolkata
Rajarhat and the Dystopia of Urban Imagination
Av Ishita Dey, Ranabir Samaddar m. fl.
E-bok, 2016
970 kr
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This book examines the politics behind, and the socio-economic and ecological repercussions of, the making of a new township, variously called New Town, Megacity or Jyoti Basu Nagar, in Rajarhat near Kolkata. Conceived by the West Bengal state government in the mid-1990s, in pandering to the vision …
Beyond Kolkata
Rajarhat and the Dystopia of Urban Imagination
Av Ishita Dey, Ranabir Samaddar m. fl.
E-bok, 2016
949 kr
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This book examines the politics behind, and the socio-economic and ecological repercussions of, the making of a new township, variously called New Town, Megacity or Jyoti Basu Nagar, in Rajarhat near Kolkata. Conceived by the West Bengal state government in the mid-1990s, in pandering to the vision …
Urban Navigations
Politics, Space and the City in South Asia
Av Jonathan Shapiro Anjaria, Colin McFarlane
E-bok, 2013
1074 kr
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This book provides an important account of how the city in South Asia is produced, lived and contested. It examines the diverse lived experiences of urban South Asia through a focus on contestations over urban space, resources and habitation, bringing together accounts from India, Pakistan, Nepal …
Urban Navigations
Politics, Space and the City in South Asia
Av Jonathan Shapiro Anjaria, Colin McFarlane
E-bok, 2013
1074 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book provides an important account of how the city in South Asia is produced, lived and contested. It examines the diverse lived experiences of urban South Asia through a focus on contestations over urban space, resources and habitation, bringing together accounts from India, Pakistan, Nepal …
Governing India's Metropolises
Case Studies of Four Cities
Av Joël Ruet, Stéphanie Tawa Lama-Rewal
E-bok, 2012
953 kr
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This book is a comparative, sector-based study of the changing character of governance in Indian metropolises in the 2000s. Highlighting the horizontal and vertical ties of the participatory groups, both state and non-state, it looks at key civic issues.
Governing India's Metropolises
Case Studies of Four Cities
Av Joël Ruet, Stéphanie Tawa Lama-Rewal
E-bok, 2012
953 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book is a comparative, sector-based study of the changing character of governance in Indian metropolises in the 2000s. Highlighting the horizontal and vertical ties of the participatory groups, both state and non-state, it looks at key civic issues.
India's Middle Class
New Forms of Urban Leisure, Consumption and Prosperity
E-bok, 2012
537 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book examines the complexities of lifestyles of the upwardly mobile middle classes in India in the context of economic liberalisation in the new millennium, by analysing new social formations and aspirations, modes of consumption and ways of being in contemporary urban India. Rich in …
India's Middle Class
New Forms of Urban Leisure, Consumption and Prosperity
E-bok, 2012
537 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book examines the complexities of lifestyles of the upwardly mobile middle classes in India in the context of economic liberalisation in the new millennium, by analysing new social formations and aspirations, modes of consumption and ways of being in contemporary urban India. Rich in …
India's Middle Class
New Forms of Urban Leisure, Consumption and Prosperity
Häftad, 2014
461 kr
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This book examines the complexities of lifestyles of the upwardly mobile middle classes in India in the context of economic liberalisation in the new millennium, by analysing new social formations and aspirations, modes of consumption and ways of being in contemporary urban India. Rich in …
Urban Poverty, Local Governance and Everyday Politics in Mumbai
Av Joop de Wit
Inbunden, 2016
2525 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book explores the informal (political) patronage relations between the urban poor and service delivery organisations in Mumbai, India. It examines the conditions of people in the slums and traces the extent to which they are subject to social and political exclusion. Delving into the roles of …
Governing India's Metropolises
Case Studies of Four Cities
Av Joël Ruet, Stéphanie Tawa Lama-Rewal
Häftad, 2018
812 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book is a comparative, sector-based study of the changing character of governance in Indian metropolises in the 2000s. Highlighting the horizontal and vertical ties of the participatory groups, both state and non-state, it looks at key civic issues.
Growing up in the Knowledge Society
Living the IT Dream in Bangalore
Häftad, 2018
812 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This work is an ethnographic investigation into the everyday lives of young people growing up and living in contemporary Bangalore. Moving beyond the hype of the Indian ‘knowledge society’, it examines how new forms of technology and outsourced labour become integral to their lives, changing the …
Dharavi
From Mega-Slum to Urban Paradigm
Av Marie-Caroline Saglio-Yatzimirsky
Häftad, 2016
827 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Located in the heart of Mumbai, Dharavi is estimated to be the largest slum in Asia. Often referred to as ‘Little India’, it has been home to thousands of migrants from across the country providing opportunities for work and livelihood. As such, Dharavi presents a fascinating paradox: the …
Beyond Kolkata
Rajarhat and the Dystopia of Urban Imagination
Av Ishita Dey, Ranabir Samaddar m. fl.
Häftad, 2016
827 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book examines the politics behind, and the socio-economic and ecological repercussions of, the making of a new township, variously called New Town, Megacity or Jyoti Basu Nagar, in Rajarhat near Kolkata. Conceived by the West Bengal state government in the mid-1990s, in pandering to the vision …
Participolis
Consent and Contention in Neoliberal Urban India
Av Karen Coelho, Lalitha Kamath m. fl.
Häftad, 2016
827 kr
Lägg i varukorg
While participatory development has gained significance in urban planning and policy, it has been explored largely from the perspective of its prescriptive implementation. This book breaks new ground in critically examining the intended and unintended effects of the deployment of citizen …
Urban Navigations
Politics, Space and the City in South Asia
Av Jonathan Shapiro Anjaria, Colin McFarlane
Häftad, 2016
915 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book provides an important account of how the city in South Asia is produced, lived and contested. It examines the diverse lived experiences of urban South Asia through a focus on contestations over urban space, resources and habitation, bringing together accounts from India, Pakistan, Nepal …
Trends and Issues in Housing in Asia
Coming of an Age
Av Urmi Sengupta, Annapurna Shaw
Inbunden, 2017
2525 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book offers a comprehensive overview of current housing practices across Asian cities based on facts and trends in the market. For many countries in Asia, the future of housing is now. This future is closely linked to successful theoretical advancement and policy practice in housing studies. …
