This book studies the recent legacy of basti "evictions" in Delhi--mass clearings of some of the city\'s poorest neighborhoods--as a way to understand how the urban poor are disenfranchised in the name of "public interest" and, in the case of Delhi, by the very courts meant to empower and protect them.
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Studying bastes , says Gautam Bhan, provokes six clear lines of inquiry applicable to studies of urbanism across the global south.
This book studies the recent legacy of basti "evictions" in Delhi--mass clearings of some of the city\'s poorest neighborhoods--as a way to understand how the urban poor are disenfranchised in the name of "public interest" and, in the case of Delhi, by the very courts meant to empower and protect them