Contesting the Indian city: global visions and the politics of the local /

Contesting the Indian city: global visions and the politics of the local / edited by Gavin Shatkin. - Chichester ; Wiley, 2014. - xii, 322 p. illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1 Introduction: Contesting the Indian City: Global Visions and the Politics of the Local 1 Gavin Shatkin and Sanjeev Vidyarthi 2 Contested Developments: Enduring Legacies and Emergent Political Actors in Contemporary Urban India 39 Liza Weinstein, Neha Sami, and Gavin Shatkin 3 Conflict and Commensuration: Contested Market Making in India s Private Real Estate Development Sector 65 Llerena Guiu Searle 4 One-Man Handled : Fragmented Power and Political Entrepreneurship in Globalizing Mumbai 91 Liza Weinstein 5 Power to the People? A Study of Bangalore s Urban Task Forces 121 Neha Sami 6 Social Conflict and the Neoliberal City: A Case of Hindu Muslim Violence in India 145 Ipsita Chatterjee 7 Gentrifying the State: Governance, Participation, and the Rise of Middle-Class Power in Delhi 176 D. Asher Ghertner 8 Becoming a Slum: From Municipal Colony to Illegal Settlement in Liberalization Era Mumbai 208 Lisa Bjorkman 9 Building a World Class Heritage City : Jaipur s Emergent Elites and the New Approach to Spatial Planning 241 Sanjeev Vidyarthi 10 Planning Mangalore: Garbage Collection in a Small Indian City 265 Neema Kudva 11 Comparative Perspectives on Urban Contestations: India and China 293 Gavin Shatkin

9781444367034 (pbk.)


Cities and towns--India


India--Politics and government
India--Social conditions

320.850954 / SHA/C
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