Waste(d) collectors : politics of urban exclusion in Mumbai /

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 wast...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sharma, Sneha (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bielefeld : Transcript Verlag, [2022]
Colección:Urban studies (Bielefeld, Germany)
Temas:
Urban poor > India > Mumbai.
Marginality, Social > India > Mumbai.
Refuse and refuse disposal > Social aspects > India > Mumbai.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Urban.
Marginality, Social.
Refuse and refuse disposal > Social aspects.
Urban poor.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban
India > Mumbai.
City.
Cultural Geography.
Deonar.
Global South.
Mumbai.
Social Inequality.
Society.
Sociology.
Space.
Urban Studies.
Waste-workers.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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

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