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The Making of “World-Class” Delhi: Relations Between Street Hawkers and the New Middle Class.Antipode

By on September 18, 2013

Urban India is undergoing transformation as formal electoral politics increasingly favors the new middle class. Scholarship tends to compartmentalize the politics of the new middle class and the poor, and this article focuses on inter-class relations. By focusing on relations between street hawkers and the new middle class in Delhi, I show that rather than engaging in zero-sum conflicts over urban space, conflict is typically over the terms of its use. The analysis shows that these classes are interdependent; the poor depend on the new middle class for their livelihoods, and the lifestyles of new middle class are enabled by services provided by the poor.

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Schindler, Seth. The Making of “World-Class” Delhi: Relations Between Street Hawkers and the New Middle Class.Antipode. , , . , 2013. Schindler, S. (2013). The Making of “World-Class” Delhi: Relations Between Street Hawkers and the New Middle Class.Antipode. , , . Schindler, Seth. "The Making of “World-Class” Delhi: Relations Between Street Hawkers and the New Middle Class.Antipode." 2013, .Schindler Seth. "The Making of “World-Class” Delhi: Relations Between Street Hawkers and the New Middle Class.Antipode." (2013). Schindler, S 2013, 'The Making of “World-Class” Delhi: Relations Between Street Hawkers and the New Middle Class.Antipode', , , . Seth Schindler, 'The Making of “World-Class” Delhi: Relations Between Street Hawkers and the New Middle Class.Antipode' (2013). Schindler S. The Making of “World-Class” Delhi: Relations Between Street Hawkers and the New Middle Class.Antipode. . 2013. Schindler, Seth. The Making of “World-Class” Delhi: Relations Between Street Hawkers and the New Middle Class.Antipode. . 2013. , .

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