Social Dynamics of the Urban : Studies from India

This volume emphasises the sociological view that cities are primarily about people, not places or buildings, and explores the social dynamics of urban space in globalising India. Distinguishing between 'locale' and 'milieu' and the community-cosmopolitanism dialectic in urban ar...

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Corporate Author SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors Jayaram, N. (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published New Delhi : Springer India : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
SeriesExploring Urban Change in South Asia,
Subjects
Social sciences.
Urban geography.
Urban economics.
Sociology, Urban.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9788132237419
ISSN2367-0045
DOI10.1007/978-81-322-3741-9
Physical DescriptionXVII, 215 p. 3 illus. in color. online resource.

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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction: Towards Understanding the Social Dynamics of the Urban N. Jayaram
  • Chapter 2. Revisiting the City: The Relevance of Urban Sociology Today N. Jayaram
  • Chapter 3. Global Flows or Rural-Urban Connections? Temporality, Public Spaces and Heterotopias in Globalising Mumbai D. Parthasarathy
  • Chapter 4. Globalisation, Group Autonomy, and Political Space: Negotiating Globalised Interests in an Indian City Narendar Pani
  • Chapter 5. Directed Decentralisation: Analysing the Experience of Decentralisation via JNNURM in Maharashtra Amita Bhide
  • Chapter 6. Crime in Calcutta: From Childhood in a Colonial Metropolis to Adulthood in a Globalised Megalopolis Sumanta Banerjee
  • Chapter 7. Underworld and the Police in Mumbai Abdul Shaban
  • Chapter 8. 'Jab Babri Masjid Shaheed huyi': Memories of Violence and its Spatial Remnants in a Muslim Neighbourhood in Mumbai Qudsiya Contractor
  • Chapter 9. From Client to Citizens: Learning from Brazil's Bolsa Familia Provides an Opportunity to Delhi Manisha Priyam
  • Chapter 10. Child Rearing in Urban Nucleated Families Suparna Chattarji.-Chapter 11. Slums and Planning in Urban India: A Case Study of Amritsar City Ranvinder Singh Sandhu and B. S. Sekhon
  • Chapter 12. Mounting Pressures Crumbling Queen: Dynamics of Urbanization in the Mountains Satish K. Sharma
  • Chapter 13. Crosscurrents: State-Level Politicians' Conflicted Views of Urban India James Manor.

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