Demolition and Dispossession: Toward an Understanding of State Violence in Millennial Mumbai

Studies in Comparative International Development

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 285-307

  Weinstein, Liza ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Demolition; Eviction; Informality; Mumbai; Slums; Urban India

Indexed keywords

DEMOLITION; MONOPOLY; SOVEREIGNTY; STATE ROLE; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN SOCIETY; VIOLENCE;

INDIA; MAHARASHTRA; MUMBAI;

EID: 84881617360     PISSN: 00393606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12116-013-9136-9     Document Type: Article

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