CONTENTS
List of Tables vii
List of Figures ix
List of Abbreviations xi
Acknowledgements xiii
1. Shifts in Urban Governance: Raising the
Questions 1 LSA.BaudandJ.de Wit
Part I. Models and Instruments in Urban Decentralization
2. Urban Governance in India—Spotlight on
Murnbai 37 M. Pinto
3. Urban Decentralization in Indian Cities: Assessing the Performance of Neighbourhood Level Wards Committees 65 J. de Wit, N. Nainan and S. Palnitkar
4. Institutionalizing People's Participation in Urban Governance: An Inter-city Perspective of Wards Committees in West Bengal 84 A. Ghosh andM. Mitra
5. Negotiating for Participation: Decentralization and
NGOs in Mumbai, India 115 N. Nainan and I.S.A. Baud
VI New Forms of Urban Governance in India
Part II. Multi-stakeholder Arrangements in Public Services
6. Governance in Urban Environmental
Management: Comparing Accountability and Performance in Multi-stakeholder Arrangements in South India 145 I.S.A. Baud and R. Dhanalakshmi
7. Law, Urban Policies and the Role of
Intermediaries in Delhi 177 /. Milbert
8. New Management Tools for Mumbai's Solid
Waste Management (SWM) 213 S. Redkar
9. Partnerships in Action: A People's View 233 A. Bhide
10. New Forms of Governance in Hyderabad: How Urban Reforms are Redefining Actors in the City 253 L. Kennedy
Part III. Contestations and Urban Governance
11. New Forms of Contestation and Cooperation
in Indian Urban Governance 291 N. Sridharan
12. The Courts and the Squatter Settlements in Delhi-Or the Intervention of the Judiciary in Urban 'Governance' 312 V. Dupont and U. Ramanathan
13. Urban Governance-Whose Ball Game
is it Anyway? 344 A. Adarkar
Consolidated Bibliography 368
About the Editors and Contributors 392
Index 397