Does citizenship abate class? Evidence and reflections from a South Indian city

Bertorelli, Ebony and Heller, Patrick and Swaminathan, Siddharth and Varshney, Ashutosh (2017) Does citizenship abate class? Evidence and reflections from a South Indian city. Economic and Political Weekly, 52 (32). pp. 47-57. ISSN 2349-8846

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Abstract

Drawing on data from a large household survey in Bangalore, this paper explores the quality of urban citizenship. Addressing theories that have tied the depth of democracy to the quality and effectiveness of citizenship, we develop an index of citizenship and then explore the extent to which citizenship determines the quality of services and infrastructure that households enjoy. Our findings show that citizenship and access to services in Bangalore are highly differentiated, that much of what drives these differences has to do with class, but we also find clear evidence that the urban poor are somewhat better in terms of the services they receive than they would be without citizenship. Citizenship, in other words, abates the effects of class.

Item Type:	Article
Authors:	Bertorelli, Ebony and Heller, Patrick and Swaminathan, Siddharth and Varshney, Ashutosh
Document Language:	Language English
Subjects:	Social sciences > Sociology & anthropology > Communities > Planning and development > Development > Urban development Social sciences > Political Science > Civil & political rights
Divisions:	Azim Premji University - Bengaluru > School of Public Policy and Governance
Full Text Status:	Restricted
URI:	http://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/id/eprint/7282
Publisher URL:	https://www.epw.in/journal/2017/32/special-article...

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