1st Edition
Subaltern Brokers Unpacking Community Leadership in Urban India
List of Tables viii Preface ix List of Abbreviations xv Glossary of Indian Terms xvii 1 Introduction 1 2 Theoretical Framework: Civil versus Political Society 12 3 Contextual Framework: Participatory Urban Governance in Delhi 45 4 Patterns of Community Leadership among the Valmikis 70 5 Fluid Brokerages in Different Valmiki Neighbourhoods 101 6 Conclusion 128 Appendices 139 References 146 Index 154
Biography
Aditya Mohanty is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Lucknow. In sync with the heterodox facets of India’s pioneering Lucknow School of Sociology (set up in the 1920s), Dr Mohanty has an eclectic training with a BA in Sociology (Major) and Geography (Minor) from Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, and an MA in Sociology from JNU, New Delhi. He then had a stint in Urban Geography as a Commonwealth Scholar at University College London (UCL) and a PhD in Citizenship, Civil Society and the Rule of Law from the University of Aberdeen, U.K. His areas of research include Political Sociology, Urban Sociology, Sociology of Development and Postcolonial Studies.
