UID:
almahu_9949385728002882
Format:
1 online resource (xxii, 258 pages)
ISBN:
9781003293651
,
1003293654
,
9781000594973
,
1000594971
,
9781000595000
,
1000595005
Series Statement:
Cities and the Urban Imperative
Content:
Mumbai / Bombay is a quintessential urban expression which represents the questions and puzzles related to Indian urbanity. This book traces the various ways through which majoritarianism and neoliberal capitalist accumulation has reorganised Bombay or Mumbai in India. The book assesses Mumbai⁰́₉s present trajectories and processes as being embedded in its recent past. It looks at these changes by exploring work and labour; health and education; spatial planning and infrastructural development; politics and identity; and shows how financialisation, land speculation, deregulation, and informality have impacted the city's culture and everyday living. The contributors to this volume analyse the consequences of these changes for women and men across ages, as they live their material and cultural lives; evaluate the role of the changing nature of work, urban infrastructure, and planning; determine its outcome for public health and education; and take a measure of its manifestation in the field of arts and culture. The volume explores the processes that reorient these changes, the socio-spatial and political implications of these on the inhabitants of the city, and the resistance and response to marginalisation. This interdisciplinary volume will interest students and researchers of economics, sociology, anthropology, political science, public policy, development studies, and urban studies. It will also be useful to urban practitioners, planners, bureaucrats, activists, and general readers.
Note:
Introduction:Pathways towards Majoritarian Neoliberalism in MumbaiSujata Patel, D. Parthasarathy and George JosePart I. Work and Labour: Deregulation and Restructuring 1. Informality, Missing Markets and Political Organisation: Case Study of the Shiv Sena Neeraj Hatekar2. Gendered Peripheralisation of Work, Workers and WorkplaceRitu Dewan3. Living with Precariousness: Survival in Small Manufacturing EnterprisesRaghav Mehrotra and Maansi Parpiani4. Neoliberalism and Majoritarian Politics: Hindutva and Restructuring the Meat BusinessShireen MirzaPart II. Infrastructure and Politics: Negotiation and Resistance5. Infrastructure Projects and Sustainable DevelopmentSripad Motiram6. Legislating the Urban in Vasai-Virar: Planning (in) the PeripheryGeorge Jose7. Socio-Spatial Embedding of Platform Mobilities: A Study on Taxi DrivingTobias Kuttler8. The Difficult Quest for Solidarity and Citizenship: Civility, Politics, and NeoliberalismD. ParthasarathyPart III. Wellbeing and Reproduction of Life: Corporatisation and Privatisation 9.Health and Health Care in the City: A Social History PerspectivePadma Prakash and Sangeeta Rege10. Right Place, Right Time: Ambulances, Injury, and Trauma in MotionHarris Solomon11. The Good Muslim Student: Neoliberal Education and Islamic-English SchoolsSameera Khan12. Neoliberalism and Sustainability in the Art EcosystemOlga Sooudi
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
DOI:
10.4324/9781003293651
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003293651
