Urban Politics in India: Area, Power, and Policy in a Penetrated System

Urban Politics in India: Area, Power, and Policy in a Penetrated System by Rodney W. Jones provides a rare, ground-level study of how politics actually functions in a medium-sized Indian city. Focusing on Indore in the late 1960s, Jones situates local struggles within broader state and national contexts, demonstrating how urban politics is “penetrated” by outside forces—bureaucratic agencies, state governments, and national parties—that continually reshape municipal power. His analysis foll...