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A Place to Call Home: Women as Agents of Change in Mumbai (Routledge Research in Urban Politics and Policy) - Hardcover

Ramanath, Ramya

 
9781138667341: A Place to Call Home: Women as Agents of Change in Mumbai (Routledge Research in Urban Politics and Policy)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 113866734X ISBN 13: 9781138667341
Publisher: Routledge, 2018

Synopsis

Any city is a product of politics and economics, organizations and people. Yet, the life experiences of women uprooted from its poorest quarters seldom inform urban resettlement plans.

In this ethnographic field study, Ramya Ramanath, Associate Professor at DePaul University, examines the lives of women displaced by slum clearance and relocated to the largest slum resettlement site in Asia. Through conversations with diverse women of different ages, levels of education, types of employment, marital status, ethnicity, caste, religion, and household make-up, Ramanath recounts how women negotiate a drastic change in environment, from makeshift housing in a park slum to ownership of a high-rise apartment in a posh Mumbai suburb. Each phase of their city lives reflects how women initiate change and disseminate a vision valuable to planners intent on urban and residential transformations. Ramanath urges the concerted engagement of residents in design, development, and evaluation of place-making processes in cities and within their own neighborhoods especially.

This book will interest scholars of public policy, women and gender studies, South Asian studies, and urban planning.

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About the Author

Ramya Ramanath is Associate Professor and Chair of International Public Service at DePaul University. Her research, spread over three continents, draws on disciplinary perspectives in urban planning, anthropology, and urban sociology. Her research focuses on the behavior of international and domestic nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in the context of their interactions with government agencies, other NGOs, and intended beneficiaries. Ramanath teaches courses on the management of international NGOs, sustainable international development, cross-sector interactions, and policy implementation.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
113866734X
ISBN 13 
9781138667341
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
188