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Aspects of socioeconomic exclusion in Kerala, India: reflections from an urban slum / Devika, J   Article
Devika, J Article
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Summary/Abstract This article probes the intersection of spatial, caste, and gender axes of power in shaping contemporary inequalities in Kerala, through mixed-method research in an urban slum. Relying largely on qualitative data, it constructs a history of work in the slum for lower caste men and women against the backdrop of Kerala politics from the 1940s until the present. It examines the role of widening gender gaps, the persistence of secularized caste, and flagging working-class politics and discourse in shaping contemporary socioeconomic exclusion in urban areas.
Key Words Caste  Working class  Urban Poor  Gender  Kerala  Labor 
Abjection  Kerala Model of Social Development 
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ID:   125199


China’s looming crisis: daunting troubles mount / Brinkley, Joel   Journal Article
Brinkley, Joel Journal Article
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Publication 2013.
Summary/Abstract China's in deep, deep trouble, and its new leaders know it. The growth of the nation's GDP has continued to slow every quarter since late 2010-though it did tick up slightly in the state's latest quarterly report, published in January. But that's just one of many problems. In the simple words of D&B Country RiskLine Reports' year-end assessment of China, "Trend: deteriorating."
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ID:   047497


India: globalization and change / Shurmer-Smith, Pamela 2000  Book
Shurmer-Smith, Pamela Book
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Publication London, Arnold, 2000.
Description x, 209p.
Standard Number 0340705795
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ID:   168827


Multiple Faces of the State: Encounters between the State and Squatters in Kathmandu / Valentin, Karen   Journal Article
Valentin, Karen Journal Article
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Summary/Abstract This article focuses on conditions of prolonged uncertainty for people residing in a squatter settlement, a sukumbasi basti, in Kathmandu and the role assigned to the state in this. Inspired by theoretical debates on urban governmentality and based on longitudinal ethnographic fieldwork, the article shows how the threat of eviction has resulted in a permanent state of uncertainty, but also a pragmatic acceptance of the state of affairs which, over the years, has contributed to fostering a strong sense of belonging to the area.
Key Words State  Nepal  Uncertainty  Urban Poor  Squatting  Urban Governmentality 
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ID:   137714


Philippine electricity sector reform and the urban question: how metro Manila's utility is tackling urban poverty / Mouton, Morgan   Article
Mouton, Morgan Article
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Summary/Abstract In the early 2000s, the Philippine government reformed its electricity sector following neoliberal principles: unbundling of the power industry, privatisation of assets and commodification of electricity. This paper shows that the reform was primarily driven by the need to secure electricity supply and cut down tariffs. These national objectives ousted other issues, and notably those that find their expression at the urban level, among which the question of access to electricity in Metro Manila's urban poor communities. The central state withdrew its attention from the issue of electrification, and local actors had to react as they were confronted to social tensions and practices of pilferage. As a consequence, city governments and local administrations are getting involved in this issue, which opens the way to participation of civil society. This paper shows how the “rolling back” of the central state led to new partnerships and arrangements between the distribution utility, local governments and community organisations. This movement points to an urbanisation of energy issues, which could bring positive results for end-users provided that it is accompanied by a clearer regulatory framework.
Key Words Philippines  Urban Poor  Electrification 
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ID:   162470


Photographs of people, monument for a city / Roychoudhuri, Ranu   Journal Article
Roychoudhuri, Ranu Journal Article
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Summary/Abstract In the late 1970s, a photo-documentation project titled ‘People of Calcutta’ aimed at bringing about positive social change through imaging the everyday lives of ordinary Calcuttans. These photographs responded to a post-colonial situation and created a ‘counter-narrative’ of the agency of the urban poor. Weaving together photographs and their intellectual history, this paper charts the ways in which this visual documentation invested deeply in human development while providing a ‘positive image’ of the urban poor.
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ID:   114655


Rethinking participation: water, development and democracy in neo-liberal Bangalore / Dasgupta, Simanti   Journal Article
Dasgupta, Simanti Journal Article
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Publication 2012.
Summary/Abstract This paper focuses on the discursive notion of participation central to two discourses, democracy and development. The contemporary rhetoric of development not only opens up the market for the economic progress of developing nations, but also demands a change in the political structure to facilitate the process. Thus, democracy is recruited as collateral for development, which theoretically improves the participation of the target population. However, my ethnography in Bangalore-the Silicon Valley of India-shows that the new middle class is partaking of development projects to reclaim participation solely for democracy. As a 'reassemblage', participation is employed to reconfigure democracy and development along different political axes. I present a public water supply project to describe the boundaries between the two discourses, arguing that they are drawn internally rather than externally.
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ID:   164901


Turkifying Poverty, or: the Phantom Pain of Izmir’s Lost Christian Working Class, 1924–26 / Morack, Ellinor   Journal Article
Morack, Ellinor Journal Article
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Summary/Abstract This article shows that ‘Turkification’, a term widely used by historians of modern Turkey to refer to the forced transfer of property from Christian into Muslim hands, ought to be conceptualized not only in the sense of ‘enrichment’ but also, with regard to the working classes, as a process in which Muslim people inherited the poverty of their Christian predecessors. Taking İzmir as a case in point, the article first describes the plight of the overwhelmingly Christian working class prior to 1922. It then studies reports and editorials that discussed the economic and social situation in İzmir in the years 1923 to 1926, after the Turkish victory and forced migration of her Christian population. Over the course of these years, İzmir experienced a serious economic crisis, and bread prices reached levels that led to widespread undernourishment and hunger among the cityʼs poor. Agricultural production was lagging behind pre-war levels, and positive effects of ‘Turkificationʼ policies were failing to materialize. By analyzing the contemporary journalistsʼ attempts at explaining the crisis, but also pointing out national and transnational factors that they were probably unaware of, the article makes an original contribution to the economic and social history of early republican Turkey.
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Wandering in a mall: aspirations and family among young urban poor men in Delhi / Zabiliute, Emilija   Journal Article
Emilija Zabiliute Journal Article
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Summary/Abstract In post-reform India, urban spaces have been redefined and reoriented towards the consumer public and are becoming increasingly segregated along class lines. While most of the scholarly attention has focused on the marginalization and segregation generated by anti-poor development in cities like Delhi, which aim to be ‘world-class’, less attention has been paid to the ways in which the poor experience the city and its middle-class consumer-oriented localities. In this article, I explore the ways in which urban poor young men who live in a squatter settlement on the fringes of the city aspire to social mobility as they wander in Delhi’s middle-class consumer-oriented spaces. Wandering (ghūmnā) is evaluated differently by young men and their parents, pointing to generational and gendered distinctions. For young men, such wandering is a means to participate in the consumer culture, while their families evaluate it as a waste of time and useless (bekār) behaviour. By placing aspirations in a temporal perspective, I show how the young men adjust their aspirations relationally, as they take up new roles as carers of their families.
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