Contents

pp v-vi

List of Figures

pp vii-viii

List of Tables

pp ix-x

Acknowledgements

pp xi-xiv

Introduction

pp 1-30

1 - Setting the Stage: A Brief Political History of Ahmedabad, 1920s to 2000s

pp 31-62

Part I - Incarnations of the Political Intermediary

pp 63-69

2 - The Tla and Dadagiri: Mediation in the Mill Neighbourhoods

pp 70-95

3 - The Underground Economy, The State and the Political Intermediary

pp 96-133

4 - Civil Society, ‘Social Work’ and Political Mediation

pp 134-172

Part II - Property and Precarity

pp 173-177

5 - Chawls Without Chimneys

pp 178-212

6 - Violence, Law and ‘Ghettoisation’

pp 213-237

7 - Security and Tenancy at the Margins of the City

pp 238-265

Conclusion

pp 266-272

Appendix

pp 273-274

Glossary

pp 275-276

Bibliography

pp 277-296

Index

pp 297-305