Neoliberal city and exclusive communities: the politics of contemporary urbanisation in northern India

Das, Ritanjan and Kumar, Nilotpal (2023) Neoliberal city and exclusive communities: the politics of contemporary urbanisation in northern India. Contemporary South Asia, 31 (1). pp. 19-35. ISSN 0958-4935

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Abstract

This article focuses on a relatively overlooked dimension of urban development in India: the nature of community-making in new urban spaces. Using concepts from sociological and geographical literature on community formation, it examines the relationship between specific forms of urbanisation in contemporary (neo-liberal) India and community-making processes. The study is situated in the city of Noida within the national capital region in northern India. Examining two habitational forms, that of urban middle-class enclaves and urban villages, we suggest that a model of urbanisation involving eminent domain (the state’s power to acquire private property and convert it into public use) to produce gentrified urban spaces may promote conditions for rival forms of exclusivist community-making, including nativist ‘othering’.

Item Type:	Article
Authors:	Das, Ritanjan and Kumar, Nilotpal
Document Language:	Language English
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Neoliberal urbanisation, community formation, social othering, nativism, Noida, India
Subjects:	Social sciences > Sociology & anthropology > Social interaction Social sciences > Sociology & anthropology > Communities > Planning and development > Development > Urban development
Divisions:	Azim Premji University - Bengaluru > School of Development
Full Text Status:	None
URI:	http://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/id/eprint/7002
Publisher URL:	https://doi.org/10.1080/09584935.2023.2169901

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