Contesting the Indian City: Global Visions and the Politics of the Local

Contesting the Indian City features a collection of cutting-edge empirical studies that offer insights into issues of politics, equity, and space relating to urban development in modern India. Papers, which are organized around contestation over the terms of access to urban space, representation in political processes, and knowledge generation and the terms of access to information about the city, serve to deepen our understanding of the changes Indian cities are experiencing.