Tathagata Chatterji
Biographic Data
| ID | 4409081 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tathagata Chatterji |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tathagata |
| FAMILY NAME | Chatterji |
| SIGNATURE | CHATTERJI T |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Queensland |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5660-6445 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Micropolitics of Urban Informality and Street Vendors in Kolkata
Street vending activities received formal legislative recognition in India, with the Parliament enacting the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act in 2014. Since then, the judiciary has sought to uphold the rule based order through the implementation of the Street Vendors Act. However, on-ground implementation of the progressive legislation remains challenging, and vendors continue to face harassment. Look…
Challenges of urban informality in Indian smart cities
India's smart cities initiative signals a clear turn towards the corporatisation of urban governance by entrusting planning responsibilities to special purpose vehicles (SPV) constituted as public sector companies in place of elected municipal governments. This commentary argues that the depoliticised approach of the SPV-driven smart city plans could be detrimental to the informal economy in the long run. Municipal politics has been a useful plat…
Capacity in motion
With the COVID-19 pandemic, critical questions have surfaced in several countries regarding the capacity of the state to respond with agility to the crisis, and to use the crisis in a transformational way over the longer term. These questions are addressed in a comparative study of the State of Kerala in India and the Province of Gauteng in South Africa. The study contributes to two partial gaps in the literature: (1) inadequate attention to the …
Digital urbanism in a transitional economy – a review of India’s municipal e-governance policy
The basic premise of India’s new urban agenda rests on widespread application Information Technology (IT) tools to improve the quality of data infrastructure, services delivery and citizen interface in existing cities. These digital urban projects are being rolled out through a complex multilayered partnership arrangement between the state agencies, the corporate sector and international agencies. This paper analyses implementation challenges of …
Modes of Governance and Local Economic Development
This article explores how variations in provincial-state and city-level political cultures influence urban economic trajectory by mediating forces emerging out of global economic demand and a uniform national regulatory regime. The research shows how an integrated urban governance framework designed to analyze and compare governance modes of advanced capitalist cities through a fixed set of criteria (e.g., governing relations, governing logic, ke…
The Micro-Politics of Urban Transformation in the Context of Globalisation
Through a case study on Gurgaon in the state of Haryana, this article explores how local political factors, the rural–urban divide and conflicts between multiple tiers of government influenced the governance process of a globalising urban region in India. In two decades, Gurgaon was transformed from a small rural town to a global hub for the outsourcing industry. This real estate sector-driven rapid urban makeover, through conversion of peri-urba…
The Micro-Politics of Urban Transformation in the Context of Globalisation
Through a case study on Gurgaon in the state of Haryana, this article explores how local political factors, the rural–urban divide and conflicts between multiple tiers of government influenced the governance process of a globalising urban region in India. In two decades, Gurgaon was transformed from a small rural town to a global hub for the outsourcing industry. This real estate sector-driven rapid urban makeover, through conversion of peri-urba…
Modes of Governance and Local Economic Development
This article explores how variations in provincial-state and city-level political cultures influence urban economic trajectory by mediating forces emerging out of global economic demand and a uniform national regulatory regime. The research shows how an integrated urban governance framework designed to analyze and compare governance modes of advanced capitalist cities through a fixed set of criteria (e.g., governing relations, governing logic, ke…
The Micro-Politics of Urban Transformation in the Context of Globalisation
Through a case study on Gurgaon in the state of Haryana, this article explores how local political factors, the rural–urban divide and conflicts between multiple tiers of government influenced the governance process of a globalising urban region in India. In two decades, Gurgaon was transformed from a small rural town to a global hub for the outsourcing industry. This real estate sector-driven rapid urban makeover, through conversion of peri-urba…
Modes of Governance and Local Economic Development
This article explores how variations in provincial-state and city-level political cultures influence urban economic trajectory by mediating forces emerging out of global economic demand and a uniform national regulatory regime. The research shows how an integrated urban governance framework designed to analyze and compare governance modes of advanced capitalist cities through a fixed set of criteria (e.g., governing relations, governing logic, ke…
Digital urbanism in a transitional economy – a review of India’s municipal e-governance policy
The basic premise of India’s new urban agenda rests on widespread application Information Technology (IT) tools to improve the quality of data infrastructure, services delivery and citizen interface in existing cities. These digital urban projects are being rolled out through a complex multilayered partnership arrangement between the state agencies, the corporate sector and international agencies. This paper analyses implementation challenges of …
Capacity in motion
With the COVID-19 pandemic, critical questions have surfaced in several countries regarding the capacity of the state to respond with agility to the crisis, and to use the crisis in a transformational way over the longer term. These questions are addressed in a comparative study of the State of Kerala in India and the Province of Gauteng in South Africa. The study contributes to two partial gaps in the literature: (1) inadequate attention to the …
Micropolitics of Urban Informality and Street Vendors in Kolkata
Street vending activities received formal legislative recognition in India, with the Parliament enacting the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act in 2014. Since then, the judiciary has sought to uphold the rule based order through the implementation of the Street Vendors Act. However, on-ground implementation of the progressive legislation remains challenging, and vendors continue to face harassment. Look…
Challenges of urban informality in Indian smart cities
India's smart cities initiative signals a clear turn towards the corporatisation of urban governance by entrusting planning responsibilities to special purpose vehicles (SPV) constituted as public sector companies in place of elected municipal governments. This commentary argues that the depoliticised approach of the SPV-driven smart city plans could be detrimental to the informal economy in the long run. Municipal politics has been a useful plat…
Business (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Corporate governance (4 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Politics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Outsourcing (2 works) · Public Administration (2 works)