{"product_id":"contesting-the-indian-city-9781444367041","title":"Contesting the Indian City","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eContesting the Indian City\u003c\/i\u003e features a collection of cutting-edge empirical studies that offer insights into issues of politics, equity, and space relating to urban development in modern India.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures studies that serve to deepen our theoretical understandings of the changes that Indian cities are experiencing\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines how urban redevelopment policy and planning, and reforms of urban politics and real estate markets, are shaping urban spatial change in India\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe first volume to bring themes of urban political reform, municipal finance, land markets, and real estate industry together in an international publication\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This volume is sure to provide a useful set of framings and background for scholars, policy-makers and activists to make sense of fragmented and undemocratic governance in India’s cities.”  (\u003ci\u003eUrban Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 May 2015)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNotes on Contributors vii  \u003cp\u003eSeries Editors’ Preface ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface and Acknowledgments x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction: Contesting the Indian City: Global Visions and the Politics of the Local 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGavin Shatkin and Sanjeev Vidyarthi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Contested Developments: Enduring Legacies and Emergent Political Actors in Contemporary Urban India 39\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLiza Weinstein, Neha Sami, and Gavin Shatkin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Conflict and Commensuration: Contested Market Making in India’s Private Real Estate Development Sector 65\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLlerena Guiu Searle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 “One-Man Handled”: Fragmented Power and Political Entrepreneurship in Globalizing Mumbai 91\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLiza Weinstein\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Power to the People? A Study of Bangalore’s Urban Task Forces 121\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNeha Sami\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Social Conflict and the Neoliberal City: A Case of Hindu–Muslim Violence in India 145\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIpsita Chatterjee\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Gentrifying the State: Governance, Participation, and the Rise of Middle-Class Power in Delhi 176\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eD. Asher Ghertner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Becoming a Slum: From Municipal Colony to Illegal Settlement in Liberalization Era Mumbai 208\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLisa Björkman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Building a “World Class Heritage City”: Jaipur’s Emergent Elites and the New Approach to Spatial Planning 241\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSanjeev Vidyarthi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Planning Mangalore: Garbage Collection in a Small Indian City 265\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNeema Kudva\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Comparative Perspectives on Urban Contestations: India and China 293\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGavin Shatkin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 311\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408396198231,"sku":"9781444367041","price":54.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/contesting-the-indian-city-9781444367041","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}