Contesting urban citizenship: The urban poor’s strategies of state engagement in Chennai, India

• Main Authors: Mahadevan, Subadevan, NAQVI, Ijlal
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2017
• Subjects: Chennai; Citizenship; informality; slum; urban; Asian Studies; Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration; Sociology; Urban Studies
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2059; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/3316/viewcontent/Naqvi_SM_ContestingUrbanCitizenship_IDPR_20161123.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Existing accounts of how the urban poor in the global south engage with the state fall short on two fronts. Firstly, the literature lacks an overarching framework articulating the urban poor’s strategies for engaging the state. Secondly, these accounts typically capture singular instances of state e...