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Waste(d) collectors : politics of urban exclusion in Mumbai / Sneha Sharma.
Scientific practices of removing waste in mega-cities of the global South are embedded in socio-cultural belief systems which reproduce existing social hierarchies. Thus going beyond a techno-managerial approach in waste management, Sneha Sharma critically interrogates the politics around urban waste disposal in Mumbai, India. She undertakes an ethnographic journey to the city's most unwanted space, a dumping site, to reveal how spaces and people are made into waste through exclusionary formal and informal practices. Offering new insights on topics of urban marginality, informality, urban planning this book will attract scholars from sociology, urban studies, and human geography.
Record details
- ISBN: 3839458242
- ISBN: 9783839458242
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (245 pages)
- Publisher: Bielefeld : Transcript Verlag, [2022]
- Copyright: �2022
Content descriptions
| General Note: | CatMonthString:june.23 Multi-User. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Figures and Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface -- The Fire -- from Space -- References -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Finding value in Mumbai's waste: Trends and shifts in waste governance -- Chapter 2 Waste in the city -- Chapter 3 The middle class and the miscreants -- Chapter 4 Wall and boundaries: Reproduction of uncertainty -- Chapter 5 Struggles for reclaiming the dumping site -- Epilogue |
| Type of Computer File or Data Note: | Text (HTML), electronic book. |
| System Details Note: | Mode of access: Internet. |
| Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription. |
| Language Note: | In English. |
| Issuing Body Note: | Made available online by JSTOR. |
| Source of Description Note: | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 09, 2022). |
