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Author:   Sanjoy Chakravorty (Temple University, Philadelphia) ,  Neelanjan Sircar
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.80cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.660kg
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9781108832243

ISBN 10:   1108832245
Pages:   460
Publication Date:   03 February 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Professional & Vocational ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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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.

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Sanjoy Chakravorty is Professor of Geography and Urban Studies and Global Studies at Temple University. He has written books on epistemology (The Truth About Us), inequality (Fragments of Inequality), land (The Price of Land), industrialization (Made in India), and the Indian diaspora in the US (The Other One Percent). Neelanjan Sircar is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Ashoka University and a Senior Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Policy Research, Delhi. He writes on the political economy of India (with a focus on elections), comparative political behaviour, and Bayesian methods.

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