Landscapes of accumulation : real estate and the neoliberal imagination in contemporary India / Llerena Guiu Searle.

By:

Searle, Llerena Guiu [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: South Asia across the disciplinesPublisher: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2016Description: x, 313 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:

text

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unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

9789386552303 (hardback)

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DDC classification:

333.30954 SEA 23 012870

Contents:

Introduction: building stories -- Routes of accumulation -- Speculating on Indian futures -- The India story -- Betting on the future -- Constructing consumer India -- Conflict and commensuration -- Transparency and control -- Developers' quest for credibility and capital -- Quality projects I: constructing authority -- Quality projects II: transforming practices -- Conclusion: the "India story" revisited.

Summary: Over the past few decades, India has experienced a sudden and spectacular urban transformation. Gleaming business complexes encroach on fields and villages. Giant condominium communities offer gated security, indoor gyms, and pristine pools. Spacious, air-conditioned malls have sprung up alongside open-air markets. In this volume, Llerena Guiu Searle examines India's booming developments and offers a nuanced Read more...

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Over the past few decades, India has experienced a sudden and spectacular urban transformation. Gleaming business complexes encroach on fields and villages. Giant condominium communities offer gated security, indoor gyms, and pristine pools. Spacious, air-conditioned malls have sprung up alongside open-air markets. In this volume, Llerena Guiu Searle examines India's booming developments and offers a nuanced Read more...

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