Veena Das, Arthur Kleinman, Margaret Lock, Mamphela Ramphele, and Pamela Reynolds
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780520223295
- eISBN:
- 9780520924857
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520223295.003.0006
- Subject:
- Anthropology, Anthropology, Global
This chapter studies how people ravaged by violence resume everyday life. It forms links between collective disorder and rehabilitation work, and shows how local communities are refashioned after a ...
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This chapter studies how people ravaged by violence resume everyday life. It forms links between collective disorder and rehabilitation work, and shows how local communities are refashioned after a riot. The riot studied in this chapter happens in Dharavi, a shanty town in Bombay. This chapter discusses how this event of national importance is experienced in a local setting and comments on the controversy.Less
This chapter studies how people ravaged by violence resume everyday life. It forms links between collective disorder and rehabilitation work, and shows how local communities are refashioned after a riot. The riot studied in this chapter happens in Dharavi, a shanty town in Bombay. This chapter discusses how this event of national importance is experienced in a local setting and comments on the controversy.
Sugata Marjit and Saibal Kar
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- September 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780198071495
- eISBN:
- 9780199081257
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198071495.003.0011
- Subject:
- Economics and Finance, Development, Growth, and Environmental
This chapter discusses two case studies—Dharavi in Mumbai and Surat in Gujarat. In particular, it uses the case studies to discuss situations where international trade policies and their effects on ...
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This chapter discusses two case studies—Dharavi in Mumbai and Surat in Gujarat. In particular, it uses the case studies to discuss situations where international trade policies and their effects on domestic factor prices turn out to be of critical importance for the existence of informal activities. It shows that the recent transformation of the slums in Dharavi in Mumbai through massive real estate development is counter-productive to a flourishing informal segment of leather products, though the general state of the unorganized leather industry has worsened somewhat over the recent years. In contrast, the paper work industry in Surat is benefiting from the spoils of globalization.Less
This chapter discusses two case studies—Dharavi in Mumbai and Surat in Gujarat. In particular, it uses the case studies to discuss situations where international trade policies and their effects on domestic factor prices turn out to be of critical importance for the existence of informal activities. It shows that the recent transformation of the slums in Dharavi in Mumbai through massive real estate development is counter-productive to a flourishing informal segment of leather products, though the general state of the unorganized leather industry has worsened somewhat over the recent years. In contrast, the paper work industry in Surat is benefiting from the spoils of globalization.
Julia M. Eckert
- Published in print:
- 2003
- Published Online:
- October 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780195660449
- eISBN:
- 9780199082001
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195660449.003.0008
- Subject:
- Political Science, Indian Politics
This chapter evaluates the context of Mumbai in which the Shiv Sena emerged, and the relationship between socio-economic developments in the city and the rise of the party. The author explores the ...
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This chapter evaluates the context of Mumbai in which the Shiv Sena emerged, and the relationship between socio-economic developments in the city and the rise of the party. The author explores the Shiv Sena's aptness to deal with the economic de-structuring and re-structuring of Mumbai which began in the late 1980s. The consequences of the closing of textile mills (after strikes led by Datta Samant) and the relocation of the textile industry to the outskirts of Mumbai is described. Rising unemployment and the disintegration of social structures in the surrounding chawls resulted in the creation of ‘informal’ economies and ways of living (in slums like Dharavi), as well as the absence of the State. This allowed the Shiv Sena greater space to exercise its influence as a supplier of services not rendered by the State. The unemployed joined the shakhas of the Shiv Sena and were exhorted to become self-employed. The Maharashtrian male was encouraged to become the ‘self made man,’ and migrants were accused of being the ‘enemy.’ The author shows how in its serving the economic, emotional, and political needs of Mumbai’s various disenfranchised groups has led to the Sena’s electoral successes.Less
This chapter evaluates the context of Mumbai in which the Shiv Sena emerged, and the relationship between socio-economic developments in the city and the rise of the party. The author explores the Shiv Sena's aptness to deal with the economic de-structuring and re-structuring of Mumbai which began in the late 1980s. The consequences of the closing of textile mills (after strikes led by Datta Samant) and the relocation of the textile industry to the outskirts of Mumbai is described. Rising unemployment and the disintegration of social structures in the surrounding chawls resulted in the creation of ‘informal’ economies and ways of living (in slums like Dharavi), as well as the absence of the State. This allowed the Shiv Sena greater space to exercise its influence as a supplier of services not rendered by the State. The unemployed joined the shakhas of the Shiv Sena and were exhorted to become self-employed. The Maharashtrian male was encouraged to become the ‘self made man,’ and migrants were accused of being the ‘enemy.’ The author shows how in its serving the economic, emotional, and political needs of Mumbai’s various disenfranchised groups has led to the Sena’s electoral successes.
