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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779025303321

Titolo

Governing India's metropolises / / editors, Joel Ruet, Stephanie Tawa Lama-Rewal

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Delhi : , : Routledge, , 2009

ISBN

1-280-66156-9

9786613638496

0-203-15186-0

1-136-51822-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (338 p.)

Collana

Cities and the urban imperative

Altri autori (Persone)

Lama-RewalStephanie Tawa

RuetJoel

Disciplina

352.160954

Soggetti

Metropolitan government - India - History - 21st century

Civics, East Indian

India Politics and government 1977-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; GOVERNING INDIA'S METROPOLISES; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; List of Abbreviations; Maps; Acknowledgements; Part A: Themes and Issues in Governance; Chapter 1  Engaging with the Concept of Governance in the Study of Indian Metropolises; Chapter 2  A Comparative Overview of Urban Governance in Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, and Mumbai; Chapter 3  New Patterns of Participation Shaping Urban Governance; Chapter 4  Class in Metropolitan India: The Rise of the Middle Classes; Chapter 5  Vertical Governance: Brokerage, Patronage and Corruption in Indian Metropolises

Part B: Sectors, Programmes, Access, and Publicness in Urban GovernanceChapter 6  Primary Education in Delhi, Hyderabad and Kolkata:  Governance by Resignation, Privatisation by Default; Chapter 7  Assessing Urban Governance through the Prism of Healthcare Services in Delhi, Hyderabad and Mumbai; Chapter 8  From Polarisation to Urban De-integration: Water and Sanitation in Delhi, Kolkata and Hyderabad; Chapter 9  Participatory Urban Governance and Slum Development in Hyderabad and Kolkata



Chapter 10  Reforming Solid Waste Management in Mumbai and Hyderabad: Policy Convergence, Distinctive ProcessesChapter 11  Thinking the Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, and Mumbai Experience: Emerging Modes of Urban Governance and State Intervention; About the Editors; Notes on Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Based on case studies of four Indian metropolises, Delhi, Bombay, Calcutta, and Hyderabad.