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Social Dynamics of the Urban - Studies from India (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
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Social Dynamics of the Urban - Studies from India (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Series: Exploring Urban Change in South Asia
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This volume emphasises the sociological view that cities are
primarily about people, not places or buildings, and explores the
social dynamics of urban space in globalising India. Distinguishing
between 'locale' and 'milieu' and the community-cosmopolitanism
dialectic in urban areas, it elucidates the thematic for urban
sociology today. The chapters explore the various perspectives and
processes in understanding the urban predicament in India today.
The contributors specifically ask: What are the characteristics of
the fastest growing cities in India? What are the forces shaping
their forms and processes? Who benefits from what type of
livelihood options cities offer? How have city administrations been
dealing with mounting demands for housing, energy, and water
resources, and problems of mass transportation? What implications
do these have for the ecology of the city and the surrounding
areas? Given the heterogeneity of urban populations, what social
processes are at work and how they affect cit[y]zenship and
identity? What aspirations and tensions are expressed among
different groups, and what implications do these have for
inter-group relations? What challenges do inter-group relations
pose for urban planning and administration? The contributors
include renowned scholars as also young researchers. They go beyond
their disciplinary moorings of economics, history, political
science, social work, and sociology, and their trans-disciplinary
dialogues carry inputs from policy makers, administrators, and
grassroots activists working in urban areas.
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