The series will incorporate work on urbanization and urbanism in South Asia from diverse
perspectives, including, but not being limited to, sociology, anthropology, geography, social
policy, urban planning and management, economics, politics and culture studies. It will
publish original, peer-reviewed work covering both macro issues such as larger
urbanization processes and economic shifts and qualitative research work focused on micro
studies (either comparative or ethnographic based). Both individual authored and edited …

Pacific Affairs: Volume 91, No. 1-March 2018 specific case of Mahipalpur village, this led to
the mushrooming of budget hotels and logistics firms, warehouses, mixed-use commercial
spaces, and professionalized housing services. The author has provided a nuanced
analysis of state informality and indecision, though it would have been useful if he had
delved into the dynamics of local politics in the transformation of the village. Shahana
Sheikh and Subhadra Banda, in their analysis of legal and policy protocols for the …