Paying for pipes, claiming citizenship: Political agency and water reforms at the urban periphery

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 590-608

  Ranganathan, Malini ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangalore; Hegemony; India; Informality; Insurgence; Lower middle class; Neoliberal water governance; Periphery; Political consciousness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894545278     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.12028     Document Type: Article

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