Sangeeta Banerji
Biographic Data
| ID | 6366207 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sangeeta Banerji |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sangeeta |
| FAMILY NAME | Banerji |
| SIGNATURE | BANERJI S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3243-4036 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Expert Fixers: Bureaucratic Informality, Brokerage and the Politics of Land in Mumbai
Based on ethnographic fieldwork within the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), this article illustrates the ‘field of fixing’, a brokerage structure that operates alongside Mumbai's urban bureaucracy. Scholars of Southern urbanism have extensively written about the role of informalized state action in producing an unequal cityscape. Exploring a disaggregated view of this state space in the megacity of Mumbai, this article turns attention in…
Fixing Bhim Nagar: A new metonym for subaltern urbanism
This article investigates the processes and politics of slum demolitions in the megacity of Mumbai. Scholars of subaltern urbanism have celebrated the political agency and entrepreneurial ability of the metonymic slums in Mumbai. This article argues instead that paying close attention to the dynamics of the lived realities within informal settlements directs us to the limits of ethnographic and archival imagination where fixers operating within t…
Māṇḍavlī: Negotiating with digital governance in Mumbai
Mumbai’s municipal bureaucracy introduced an online complaints platform in 2016, promising increased transparency and improved public service. This article argues that this “smart” urban technology, which records grievances against land encroachments and violations of building codes, strengthens existing class and caste inequalities in who can access and manipulate state land administration. Through an ethnographic exploration of Mumbai’s bureauc…
Fixing Bhim Nagar: A new metonym for subaltern urbanism
This article investigates the processes and politics of slum demolitions in the megacity of Mumbai. Scholars of subaltern urbanism have celebrated the political agency and entrepreneurial ability of the metonymic slums in Mumbai. This article argues instead that paying close attention to the dynamics of the lived realities within informal settlements directs us to the limits of ethnographic and archival imagination where fixers operating within t…
Māṇḍavlī: Negotiating with digital governance in Mumbai
Mumbai’s municipal bureaucracy introduced an online complaints platform in 2016, promising increased transparency and improved public service. This article argues that this “smart” urban technology, which records grievances against land encroachments and violations of building codes, strengthens existing class and caste inequalities in who can access and manipulate state land administration. Through an ethnographic exploration of Mumbai’s bureauc…
Māṇḍavlī: Negotiating with digital governance in Mumbai
Mumbai’s municipal bureaucracy introduced an online complaints platform in 2016, promising increased transparency and improved public service. This article argues that this “smart” urban technology, which records grievances against land encroachments and violations of building codes, strengthens existing class and caste inequalities in who can access and manipulate state land administration. Through an ethnographic exploration of Mumbai’s bureauc…
Fixing Bhim Nagar: A new metonym for subaltern urbanism
This article investigates the processes and politics of slum demolitions in the megacity of Mumbai. Scholars of subaltern urbanism have celebrated the political agency and entrepreneurial ability of the metonymic slums in Mumbai. This article argues instead that paying close attention to the dynamics of the lived realities within informal settlements directs us to the limits of ethnographic and archival imagination where fixers operating within t…
Expert Fixers: Bureaucratic Informality, Brokerage and the Politics of Land in Mumbai
Based on ethnographic fieldwork within the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), this article illustrates the ‘field of fixing’, a brokerage structure that operates alongside Mumbai's urban bureaucracy. Scholars of Southern urbanism have extensively written about the role of informalized state action in producing an unequal cityscape. Exploring a disaggregated view of this state space in the megacity of Mumbai, this article turns attention in…
Political science (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Urban and Rural Development Challenges (2 works) · Water Governance and Infrastructure (2 works) · Archaeology (1 works) · Architecture (1 works)