Contents

pp vii-viii

List of Figures

pp ix-xii

List of Tables

pp xiii-xiv

Acknowledgments

pp xv-xvi

Introduction: What Is Delhi?

pp 1-26

PART 1 - State of the Metropolis: Overview

pp 27-32

1 - Geography and Demography: Mapping the Metropolis

pp 33-58

2 - Assets and Spatial Inequality

pp 59-87

3 - Housing and Settlements: Invisible Planning, Visible Exclusions

pp 88-119

4 - Services: Spatial Inequality of Basic Infrastructure

pp 120-146

5 - Migration: Persisting Inequalities and Spatial Disadvantage

pp 147-169

6 - Energy: Electrifying the Capital

pp 170-187

7 - Crime: Victimization in New Delhi; Insights from New Data

pp 188-214

PART 2 - Social and Political Change: Overview

pp 215-220

8 - Religion, Caste, Class, Politics: How Urbanization Affects Social Interactions and Political Behaviors

pp 221-250

9 - Marriage: When, to Whom, and How People Get Married

pp 251-272

10 - Education: Understanding the Gender Gap in Education and Employment

pp 273-289

11 - Spatial Politics: Sociality, Transparency, and Ideas of Community in Delhi and Gurgaon

pp 290-310

12 - Politicians and Netas: The Politics of Grievance and Political Intermediation

pp 311-334

13 - Political Parties: The Emergence of the Aam Aadmi Party and the Changing Contours of the Party System

pp 335-361

14 - Pollution: Vitiated Air and Thinking about Delhi’s Environment

pp 362-382

Statistical Appendix

pp 383-395

Notes on Contributors

pp 396-399

Index

pp 400-407