The Politics of Community-making in New Urban India - Illiberal Spaces, Illiberal Cities

This book explores the relationship between the production of new urban spaces and illiberal community-making in contemporary India, based on Noida, Uttar Pradesh bordering Delhi. It will be of interest to development studies, sociology, urban studies, society and politics of contemporary India/South Asia.

List of contents

Prologue; Chapter One: Urban Space, Community-making and Illiberal Politics: A Theoretical Framework; Chapter Two: Producing a New Urban Space: City-making in Noida; Chapter Three: Fractured Secessions: Urban Communities in Noida; Chapter Four: Recreating a Nativist Rural: Community-making in Urban Villages; Chapter Five: The 'Tainted Others': Community-making in Noida Jhuggis; Chapter Six: Conclusion

About the author

Ritanjan Das is a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Business and Law, University of Portsmouth, UK. He is the author of Neoliberalism and the Transforming Left in India: A Contradictory Manifesto (2018), also published by Routledge.
Nilotpal Kumar is an Associate Professor at the School of Development, Azim Premji University, Bangalore, India. He is the author of Unravelling Farmer suicides in India: Egoism and Masculinity in Peasant Life (2017).

Summary

This book explores the relationship between the production of new urban spaces and illiberal community-making in contemporary India, based on Noida, Uttar Pradesh bordering Delhi. It will be of interest to development studies, sociology, urban studies, society and politics of contemporary India/South Asia.

Product details

• Authors: Ritanjan Das, Nilotpal Kumar, Kumar Nilotpal
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.10.2024
• EAN: 9780367537234
• ISBN: 978-0-367-53723-4
• No. of pages: 262
• Weight: 510 g
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, Raster,schwarz-weiss, Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Series: Routledge Research on Urban Asia
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Ethnic Studies, Asia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Politics & government, Regional Studies, Politics and government, Regional / International studies, Urban communities, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, Urban communities / city life