Participolis: consent and contention in neoliberal urban India

While participatory development has gained significance in urban planning and policy, it has been explored largely from the perspective of its prescriptive implementation. This book breaks new ground in critically examining the intended and unintended effects of the deployment of citizen participati...

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Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London [u.a.] Routledge 2013
Edition:1. publ.
Series:Cities and the urban imperative
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Summary:While participatory development has gained significance in urban planning and policy, it has been explored largely from the perspective of its prescriptive implementation. This book breaks new ground in critically examining the intended and unintended effects of the deployment of citizen participation and public consultation in neoliberal urban governance by the Indian state.The book reveals how emerging formats of participation, as mandatory components of infrastructure projects, public' private partnership proposals...
Item Description:Acknowledgements -- Part I. Introduction: Politics and Citizenship in India' s New ' Urban' 1. Opening up or Ushering in? -- Citizen Participation as Mandate and Practice in Urban Governance Karen Coelho, Lalitha Kamath and M. Vijayabaskar 2. Outside Capital, Inside the Urban? -- Notes and Queries on the Politics of the Present Satish Deshpande -- Commentary 1. Permanence of the Temporary: Elite Utopia and Spatial Exclusion D. Ravikumar -- Part II. Participation, Privatisation and Politics: Case Studies from Bangalore, Mumbai and Hyderabad 3. Financialised and Insurgent: The Dialectics of Participation in Bangalore' s Neoliberal Water Reforms Malini Ranganathan 4. From Watertight to Watered Down: The Case of Public Consultations and People' s Participation in Mumbai' s Water Distribution Improvement Project (WDIP) Zainab Bawa 5. Community Participation and Political Legitimacy: A Case Study from Hyderabad Anant Maringanti -- Commentary 2. Participation and Consultation in the Context of Municipal
Physical Description:VII, 322 S.
ISBN:9780415811934

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