Book contents
- Demanding Development
- Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
- Demanding Development
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Puzzling Disparities at the Margins of the City
- 2 Setting the Stage
- 3 How Party Worker Networks Impact Local Development
- 4 India’s Slum Leaders
- 5 Views from the Ground
- 6 Party Workers and Public Goods Provision
- 7 Why Party Worker Networks Spread Unevenly Across Settlements
- 8 Conclusion
- Book part
- Bibliography
- Index
- Other Books in the Series (continued from page iii)
5 - Views from the Ground
Historical Narratives from Eight Squatter Settlements
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 October 2019
Book contents
- Demanding Development
- Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
- Demanding Development
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Puzzling Disparities at the Margins of the City
- 2 Setting the Stage
- 3 How Party Worker Networks Impact Local Development
- 4 India’s Slum Leaders
- 5 Views from the Ground
- 6 Party Workers and Public Goods Provision
- 7 Why Party Worker Networks Spread Unevenly Across Settlements
- 8 Conclusion
- Book part
- Bibliography
- Index
- Other Books in the Series (continued from page iii)
Summary
Chapter 5 presents ethnographic narratives from eight case study settlements – four from Jaipur and four from Bhopal. The narratives trace the emergence of informal authority, party linkages, and public service delivery in each settlement, from the initial period of squatting to the present. In addition to demonstrating the mechanisms underpinning the book’s theoretical framework, the narratives address issues of historical sequencing and causality.
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- Demanding DevelopmentThe Politics of Public Goods Provision in India's Urban Slums, pp. 114 - 168Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019