This book explores the relationship between the production of new urban spaces and illiberal community-making in contemporary India. It is based on an ethnograp

By zooming in on urban localities in India and by unpacking the 'meaning of the local' for those who live in them, the ten papers in this volume redress a recur

Providing adequate housing in an increasingly urbanised world is a major challenge of current times. This book puts together a compelling story based on fine-gr

Explains the uneven success of India's slum dwellers in demanding and securing essential public services from the state.

'...a brilliant exploration of urbanism between the concept city and the lived city.... The volume focuses on urban life lived between home and the world, insti