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Author:   N. Jayaram
Publisher:   Springer, India, Private Ltd
Imprint:   Springer, India, Private Ltd
Edition:   1st ed. 2017
Weight:   5.221kg
ISBN:  

9788132237402

ISBN 10:   8132237404
Pages:   215
Publication Date:   29 August 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Chapter 1. Introduction: Towards Understanding the Social Dynamics of the Urban N. Jayaram.- Chapter 2. Revisiting the City: The Relevance of Urban Sociology Today N. Jayaram.- Chapter 3. Global Flows or Rural-Urban Connections? Temporality, Public Spaces and Heterotopias in Globalising Mumbai D. Parthasarathy.- Chapter 4. Globalisation, Group Autonomy, and Political Space: Negotiating Globalised Interests in an Indian City Narendar Pani.- Chapter 5. Directed Decentralisation: Analysing the Experience of Decentralisation via JNNURM in Maharashtra Amita Bhide.- Chapter 6. Crime in Calcutta: From Childhood in a Colonial Metropolis to Adulthood in a Globalised Megalopolis Sumanta Banerjee.- Chapter 7. Underworld and the Police in Mumbai Abdul Shaban.- Chapter 8. ‘Jab Babri Masjid Shaheed huyi’: Memories ofViolence and its Spatial Remnants in a Muslim Neighbourhood in Mumbai Qudsiya Contractor.- Chapter 9. From Client to Citizens: Learning from Brazil’s Bolsa Familia Provides an Opportunity to Delhi Manisha Priyam.- Chapter 10. Child Rearing in Urban Nucleated Families Suparna Chattarji.-Chapter 11. Slums and Planning in Urban India: A Case Study of Amritsar City Ranvinder Singh Sandhu and B. S. Sekhon.- Chapter 12. Mounting Pressures Crumbling Queen: Dynamics of Urbanization in the Mountains Satish K. Sharma.- Chapter 13. Crosscurrents: State-Level Politicians’ Conflicted Views of Urban India James Manor.

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N. Jayaram is former Professor of Sociology at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, and former National Fellow at the Indian Institute of Advanced Studies. He is Visiting Professor at the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru and Ambedkar University Delhi, and Visiting Research Mentor at Christ University, Bengaluru. Dr Jayaram is a member of the Association of Third World Studies, International Network on the Role of Universities in Developing Areas, Indian Sociological Society, and Comparative Education Society of India. He is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Comparative Family Studies, a Member of the Editorial Board of The Indian Journal of Social Work, Journal of Educational Planning and Administration, and Rajagiri Journal of Social Development. He was the Managing Editor of Sociological Bulletin (Journal of the Indian Sociological Society),  the Editor of ICSSR Journal of Reviews and Abstracts: Sociology and Social Anthropology and was on the Editorial Board of the Caribbean Journal of Criminology and Social Psychology (Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice, The University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago). He is the recipient of the Dr Paduru Gururaja Bhat Annual Award (2012) and ET Now Education Leadership Award (2013).

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