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Colossus : the anatomy of Delhi

By: Series: South Asia in the Social Science Ed. by Partha ChatterjeePublication details: ‎Cambridge University Press New York 2021Description: xvi,407pISBN:
  • 9781108832243
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.095456 CHA
Contents:
Contents List of Figures ix List of Tables xiii Acknowledgments xv Introduction: What Is Delhi? by Sanjoy Chakravorty 1 PART I State of the Metropolis: Overview 27 1. Geography and Demography: Mapping the Metropolis by 33 Shrobona Karkun 2. Assets and Spatial Inequality 59 Neelanjan Sircar 3. Housing and Settlements: Invisible Planning, Visible Exclusions 88 Patrick Heller, Partha Mukhopadhyay, Shahana Sheikh, and Subhadra Banda 4. Services: Spatial Inequality of Basic Infrastructure 120 Shamindra Nath Roy 5. Migration: Persisting Inequalities and Spatial Disadvantage 147 Khushdeep Kaur Malhotra 6. Energy: Electrifying the Capital 170 Radhika Khosla 7. Crime: Victimization in New Delhi-Insights from New Data 188 Milan Vaishnav and Matthew Lillehaugen PART 2 Social and Political Change: Overview 215 8. Religion, Caste, Class, Politics: How Urbanization Affects Social Interactions and Political Behaviors 221 Sumitra Badrinathan and Devesh Kapur 9. Marriage: When, to Whom, and How People Get Married 251 MeganN Reed 10. Education: Understanding the Gender Gap in Education and Employment 273 Deepaboli Chattejee, Babu L al, and Rimjhim Saxena 11. Spatial Politics: Sociality, Transparency, and Ideas of Community in Delhi and Gurgaon 290 Sanjay Srivastava 12. Politicians and Netas: The Politics of Grievance and Political Intermediation 311 Neelanjan Sircar 13. Political Parties: The Emergence of the Aam Aadmi Party and the Changing Contours of the Party System 335 Adnan Farooqui 14. Pollution: Vitiated Air and Thinking about Delhi's Environment 362 Awadhendra Sharan Statistical Appendix 383 Notes on Contributors 396 Index 400
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Contents
List of Figures ix
List of Tables xiii
Acknowledgments xv
Introduction: What Is Delhi? by Sanjoy Chakravorty 1
PART I State of the Metropolis: Overview 27
1. Geography and Demography: Mapping the Metropolis by 33
Shrobona Karkun
2. Assets and Spatial Inequality 59
Neelanjan Sircar
3. Housing and Settlements: Invisible Planning, Visible Exclusions 88
Patrick Heller, Partha Mukhopadhyay, Shahana Sheikh, and Subhadra Banda
4. Services: Spatial Inequality of Basic Infrastructure 120
Shamindra Nath Roy
5. Migration: Persisting Inequalities and Spatial Disadvantage 147
Khushdeep Kaur Malhotra
6. Energy: Electrifying the Capital 170
Radhika Khosla
7. Crime: Victimization in New Delhi-Insights from New Data 188
Milan Vaishnav and Matthew Lillehaugen
PART 2 Social and Political Change: Overview 215
8. Religion, Caste, Class, Politics: How Urbanization Affects Social Interactions and Political Behaviors 221
Sumitra Badrinathan and Devesh Kapur
9. Marriage: When, to Whom, and How People Get Married 251
MeganN Reed
10. Education: Understanding the Gender Gap in Education and Employment 273
Deepaboli Chattejee, Babu L al, and Rimjhim Saxena
11. Spatial Politics: Sociality, Transparency, and Ideas of Community in Delhi and Gurgaon 290
Sanjay Srivastava
12. Politicians and Netas: The Politics of Grievance and Political Intermediation 311
Neelanjan Sircar
13. Political Parties: The Emergence of the Aam Aadmi Party and the Changing Contours of the Party System 335
Adnan Farooqui
14. Pollution: Vitiated Air and Thinking about Delhi's Environment 362
Awadhendra Sharan
Statistical Appendix 383
Notes on Contributors 396
Index 400

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