India is experiencing a remarkable urban moment.… This book examines the changing dynamics of political power in Indian cities and their implications for the spatial and social development. In doing so, it addresses a relative lack of academic attention to the political economy of post-liberalisation Indian cities.

This lacuna is particularly surprising given that India’s urban population is projected to grow faster than that of any other country, more than doubling between 2010 and 2040 to reach 734 million (United Nations Population Division, 2007).

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By bringing together studies based on the empirical investigation of urban political change in a number of cities, this volume contributes to the urgent task of formulating new frameworks for explicating the political economy of post-liberalisation Indian cities.