Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 147 mm x 221 mm, Gewicht: 458 g
Rajarhat and the Dystopia of Urban Imagination
Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 147 mm x 221 mm, Gewicht: 458 g
Reihe: Cities and the Urban Imperative
ISBN: 978-0-415-84435-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
Written on the basis of intensive fieldwork, government documents, court records, and chronicles of public protests, this book broadly analyses the politics and economics of urbanisation in the age of post-colonial capitalism, particularly the paradoxical combination of neoliberal and primitive modes of capital accumulation upon which the global emergence of ‘new towns’ is based.
Departing from the dominant styles of urban studies that focus on cultural or spatial analysis of cities, the authors show the links between changes in space, technology, political economy, class composition, and forms of urban politics which give concrete shape to a city. It will immensely interest those in sociology, political science, economics, development studies, urban studies, policy and governance studies, and history.
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List of Plates. List of Maps and Tables. List of Abbreviations. Preface. Acknowledgements 1. Where is Rajarhat? 2. Destruction of a World 3. Losers and Gainers 4. Urban Legends of Consent 5. Logistics and Nightmares 6. New Town, New Labour 7. The Global and National Histories of Rajarhat 8. Politics of the Multitude 9. Concluding Reflections. Glossary. Bibliography. About the Authors. Index