Abstract
We examine ecological dispossession in “the Anthropocene” through the rise of anticorruption movements in urban India that in surprising ways have politicized (wet)land-grabbing as a mechanism of privatization and wealth creation. While we recognize that corruption continues to be a fraught ethico-political terrain in the post-colony with emancipatory and regressive tendencies, potential exists for radical egalitarian movements. Placed within the context of a rapidly growing city and a geopolitically assertive India, the chapter considers head-on urban socionature under “advanced capitalism,” from collusion between the super-wealthy and the state—to hopes for egalitarian spaces.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | Urban Political Ecology in the Anthropo-obscene |
| Subtitle of host publication | Interruptions and Possibilities |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis |
| Pages | 91-110 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781351809948 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781138629189 |
| State | Published - Jan 1 2018 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Social Sciences
- General Earth and Planetary Sciences