Book review: Uncivil city: ecology, equity, and the commons in Delhi by Amita Baviskar

Nakkeeran, Barathi (2021) Book review: Uncivil city: ecology, equity, and the commons in Delhi by Amita Baviskar. LSE Review of Books (14 Jul 2021). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

In Uncivil City: Ecology, Equity, and the Commons in Delhi, Amita Baviskar explores the last two decades of environmental politics in Delhi, showing how the demands of ‘bourgeois environmentalism’ not only exclude the poor and marginalised from participating in environmental action but also positions them at the receiving end of violent modes of demolition and clearing. Published as we urgently examine urban inequalities in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, this book is critical to understanding the emergence of bourgeois environmentalism as a factor in the designing of New Delhi, writes Barathi Nakkeeran. Uncivil City: Ecology, Equity, and the Commons in Delhi. Amita Baviskar. SAGE. 2020.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/
Additional Information:	© 2021 The Author
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences J Political Science > JQ Political institutions Asia, Africa, Australia, Pacific H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
Date Deposited:	25 Aug 2021 12:36
Last Modified:	14 Sep 2024 03:10
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/111723

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