Urban Activism in India - Transparency, Accountability and Ethical Politics

The book introduces the reader to different settings, life stories, and encounters with bureaucracy, transparency and accountability to show how these encounters are inflected by social position and practical knowledge.

List of contents

1. Introduction: Framing the scene
2. Strange Bedfellows and Ground Realities: Encountering the Scene.
3. Framing corruption and ethical politics in Delhi
4. Disciplining the Everyday State and Society? Information, its Applications and the Difference between Soochna and Jaankaari.
5. Spaces of Activism: the city, its boundaries and distinctions
6. Embodying accountability: From the Performance of Authenticity to the Politics of Transparency
7. The Meaning of Fellowship: Informality, Commitment and Activism
8. Conclusion

About the author

Martin Webb is Lecturer in Anthropology at Goldsmiths, University of London.

Summary

The book introduces the reader to different settings, life stories, and encounters with bureaucracy, transparency and accountability to show how these encounters are inflected by social position and practical knowledge.

Product details

• Authors: Webb, Martin Webb, Martin (Goldsmiths Webb, Martin (Goldsmiths University of London Uk) Webb
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 31.01.2019, delayed
• EAN: 9781138058187
• ISBN: 978-1-138-05818-7
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Routledge Series on Urban South Asia; Routledge Series on Urban South Asia
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, India, Political activism, Urban communities, Regional Geography, Political activism / Political engagement, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, Urban communities / city life