Markets, Capitalism and Urban Space in India

Name: Markets, Capitalism and Urban Space in India
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Markets, Capitalism and Urban Space in IndiaRight to Sell\nAuthor(s): Anirban Acharya\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367465728, 978-0367465728\nSynopsis\nThis book analyses the question of the right to the city, informal economies and the non-western shape of neoliberal governance in India through a new analytic: the right to sell. \n\nThe book examines why and how states attempt to curb, control, and eliminate markets of urban informal street vendors. Focusing on Kolkata, the author provides a theoretical explanation of this puzzle by distilling and analysing the inherent tensions among the constitutive elements of neoliberal governance, namely, growth imperative, market activism, and corporatization, and demonstrates its implications for the formal/informal boundaries of the economy. \n\nA useful addition to the existing literatures on the right to the city, informal economies, and the shapes that neoliberali.