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Content:
Front Matter
Pages i-xvii
Introduction: Towards Understanding the Social Dynamics of the Urban N. Jayaram Pages 1-14
Revisiting the City: The Relevance of Urban Sociology Today N. Jayaram Pages 15-32
Global Flows or Rural–Urban Connections? Temporality, Public Spaces and Heterotopias in Globalising Mumbai D. Parthasarathy Pages 33-59
Globalisation, Group Autonomy and Political Space: Negotiating Globalised Interests in Bengaluru Narendar Pani Pages 61-79
Directed Decentralisation: Analysing the Experience of Decentralisation via JNNURM in Maharashtra Amita Bhide Pages 81-97
Crime in Calcutta: From Childhood in a Colonial Metropolis to Adulthood in a Globalised Megalopolis Sumanta Banerjee Pages 99-113
Underworld and the Police in Mumbai Abdul Shaban Pages 115-134
“Jab Babri Masjid Shaheed Huyi”: Memories of Violence and Its Spatial Remnants in Mumbai Qudsiya Contractor Pages 135-151
From Clients to Citizens: Lessons from Brazil’s Bolsa Familia for Delhi Manisha Priyam Pages 153-173
Slums and Planning in Urban India: A Case Study of Amritsar City Ranvinder Singh Sandhu, B. S. Sekhon Pages 175-192
“Mounting Pressures, Crumbling Queen”: Dynamics of Urbanisation in the Mountains Satish K. Sharma Pages 193-202
Crosscurrents: State-Level Politicians’ Conflicting Views of Urban India James Manor Pages 203-215



ISBN: 9788132237402

LCCN: 2017943832

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Urban Renewal - U K

Dewey Class. No.: 307.76 JAY