Colossus
The Anatomy of Delhi
£90.00
Part of South Asia in the Social Sciences
- Editors:
- Sanjoy Chakravorty, Temple University, Philadelphia
- Neelanjan Sircar, Ashoka University, Haryana
- Date Published: February 2022
- availability: In stock
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781108832243
£
90.00
Hardback
Other available formats:
eBook
Looking for an inspection copy?
This title is not currently available on inspection
-
The National Capital Region of Delhi is a diverse and unequal space. Its more than 30 million people are sharply differentiated by economic class, religion and caste, education, language, and migration status. Its 45,000 square kilometres is a tapestry of spaces - ghettoes, slums, enclaves, institutional areas, planned and unplanned and authorized and unauthorized colonies, forests and agricultural fields. In some ways it is a dynamic society aspiring to global city grandeur; in other ways it is a bastion of tradition, sectarianism and hierarchy. Colossus details these realities and paradoxes under three themes: social change, community and state, and inequality. From the material condition of the metropolis - its housing, services, crime and pollution - to its social organization - of who marries whom, who eats with whom, and who votes for whom - this book unpacks the complex reality of a metropolitan region that is emblematic of India's aspirations and contradictions.
Read more- Enlarges the coverage out of the usual focus area of central Delhi
- Provides insights from multidisciplinary perspectives, including economics, environmental science, geography, history, political science, sociology, and urban planning
- Focuses on social attitudes and relations, which is new in urban studies
Customer reviews
17th Jul 2022 by Nishitag36
Very informative and helpful for the researchers... Cambridge university also a very helpful for us..
Review was not posted due to profanity
×Product details
- Date Published: February 2022
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781108832243
- length: 460 pages
- dimensions: 235 x 158 x 29 mm
- weight: 0.66kg
- availability: In stock
Table of Contents
Introduction Sanjoy Chakravorty
Part I. State of the Metropolis: Overview:
1. Geography and demography: Mapping the metropolis Shrobona Karkun
2. Assets and spatial inequality Neelanjan Sircar
3. Housing and settlements: Invisible planning, visible exclusions Patrick Heller, Partha Mukhopadhyay, Shahana Sheikh and Subhadra Banda
4. Services: Spatial inequality of basic infrastructure Shamindra Nath Roy
5 Migration: Persisting inequalities and spatial disadvantage Khushdeep Kaur Malhotra
6. Energy: electrifying the capital Radhika Khosla
7. Crime: Victimization in New Delhi – Insights from new data Milan Vaishnav and Matthew Lillehaugen
Part II. Social and Political Change: Overview:
8. Religion, caste, class, politics: How urbanization affects social interactions and political behaviors Sumitra Badrinathan and Devesh Kapur
9. Marriage: When, to whom, and how people get married Megan N. Reed
10. Education: Understanding the gender gap in education and employment Deepaboli Chatterjee, Babu Lal, and Rimjhim Saxena
11. Spatial politics: Sociality, transparency and ideas of community in Delhi and Gurgaon Sanjay Srivastava
12. Politicians and netas: The politics of grievance and political intermediation Neelanjan Sircar
13. Political parties: The emergence of the Aam Aadmi Party and the changing contours of the party system Adnan Farooqui
14. Pollution: Vitiated air and thinking about Delhi's environment Awadhendra Sharan
Statistical Appendix
Index.
Related Books
Sorry, this resource is locked
Please register or sign in to request access. If you are having problems accessing these resources please email lecturers@cambridge.org
Register Sign in» Proceed
You are now leaving the Cambridge University Press website. Your eBook purchase and download will be completed by our partner www.ebooks.com. Please see the permission section of the www.ebooks.com catalogue page for details of the print & copy limits on our eBooks.
Continue ×Are you sure you want to delete your account?
This cannot be undone.
Thank you for your feedback which will help us improve our service.
If you requested a response, we will make sure to get back to you shortly.
×