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This book
examines the politics behind, and the socio-economic and ecological repercussions of, the making of a new township called New Town in Rajarhat near Kolkata as a hi-tech 'utopian' city for the opulent, revealing the working of primitive, exploitative modes of capital accumulation at the heart of this post-colonial, neo-liberal urban development.
List of contents
List of Plates. List of Maps and Tables. List of Abbreviations. Preface. Acknowledgements 1. Where is Rajarhat? 2. Destruction of a World 3. Losers and Gainers 4. Urban Legends of Consent 5. Logistics and Nightmares 6. New Town, New Labour 7. The Global and National Histories of Rajarhat 8. Politics of the Multitude 9. Concluding Reflections. Glossary. Bibliography. About the Authors. Index
About the author
Ishita Dey is a member of the Calcutta Research Group, Kolkata, and doctoral scholar, Delhi School of Economics, New Delhi, India.
Ranabir Samaddar is Director, Calcutta Research Group, Kolkata, India.
Suhit K. Sen is Senior Researcher, Calcutta Research Group, Kolkata, India.
Summary
This book examines the politics behind, and the socio-economic and ecological repercussions of, the making of a new township called New Town in Rajarhat near Kolkata as a hi-tech ‘utopian’ city for the opulent, revealing the working of primitive, exploitative modes of capital accumulation at the heart of this post-colonial, neo-liberal urban development.
