What question did this study set out to answer?

To examine how globalizing urban development initiatives alter democratic participation and state engagement with marginalized populations in Mumbai.

July 6, 2009Politics & Society

Democracy in the Globalizing Indian City: Engagements of Political Society and the State in Globalizing Mumbai

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LWLiza WeinsteinBoston University

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Ethnographic study uncovers increased state consultation with the urban poor during redevelopment, suggesting global investment pressures can unintentionally promote democratic inclusion.

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To examine how globalizing urban development initiatives alter democratic participation and state engagement with marginalized populations in Mumbai.
Conducted ethnographic fieldwork and qualitative interviews with key stakeholders involved in the Dharavi Redevelopment Project (DRP).
Analyzed state-society interactions between government officials, local resident associations, and activist groups across a four-year planning process.
The state executed an unexpectedly inclusive consultative process with resident and activist groups throughout the multi-year planning cycle.
Expanded democratic engagement emerged as an unintended byproduct of administrative pressure to expedite development timelines and ease investor uncertainty.
Observed state-society interactions reveal substantially greater engagement with the urban poor than recognized in prevailing accounts of globalizing Indian cities.

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Liza Weinstein (2009) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a841d84c7e37ebe3168c256 https://doi.org/10.1177/1049731509338926

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Implication

Ethnographic study uncovers increased state consultation with the urban poor during redevelopment, suggesting global investment pressures can unintentionally promote democratic inclusion.