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Bypassing the squalor: New towns, immaterial labour and exclusion in post-colonial urbanisation [1]

India’s “bypass” approach to urbanisation seeks to decongest its post-colonial metropolises by building new towns for a new economy of knowledge-based activities and businesses driven by global capital on their fringes. The globalised economy, hegemonised by immaterial labour, creates conditions for these new towns to culturally secede from their national or regional location and align themselves with the global cities.

Publication Date: 
30/07/2011
Rajesh Bhattacharya [2], Kalyan Sanyal [3]
Economic and Political Weekly [4]
46
31
41-48
Tags:
Urbanisation [5], India [6], Land Acquisition [7], Urban Encroachments [8], Mumbai [9], Urban Land Use [10], Poverty [11], Kolkata [12], Informal Sector [13], Workers [14]
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