1. Bombay is an old colonial and mercantile city. This book brings into conversation social scientists and critical commentators that have been researching the city for decades to produce papers that are empirically grounded and integrated with contemporary urban theory. 2. Its canvass is wide, covering economy, politics and culture and it combines a mix of methods to comprehend this dynamic - locating the contemporary history of Bombay in terms of the intersecting local, regional and national processes and analysing the impact of neoliberalism in terms of spatial geographies, wellbeing of its population and emerging cultures of urbanity. 3. Given the global interest in Bombay, this book will be of interest to departments of economics, sociology, anthropology, political science, urban studies across the UK and USA.

List of Illustrations Abbreviations Contributors Preface and Acknowledgements Introduction: Pathways towards Majoritarian Neoliberalism in Mumbai Sujata Patel, D. Parthasarathy, and George Jose PART I Work and Labour: Deregulation and Restructuring 1 Informality, Missing Markets, and Political Organisation: Case Study of the Shiv Sena Neeraj Hatekar 2 Gendered Peripheralisation of Work, Workers, and Workplace Ritu Dewan 3 Living with Precariousness: Survival in Small Manufacturing Enterprises Raghav Mehrotra and Maansi Parpiani 4 Neoliberalism and Majoritarian Politics: Hindutva and Restructuring the Meat Business Shireen Mirza PART II Infrastructure and Politics: Negotiation and Resistance 5 Infrastructure Projects and Sustainable Development Sripad Motiram 6 Legislating the Urban in Vasai-Virar: Planning (in) the Periphery George Jose 7 Socio-Spatial Embedding of Platform Mobilities: A Study on Taxi Driving Tobias Kuttler 8 The Difficult Quest for Solidarity and Citizenship: Civility, Politics, and Neoliberalism D. Parthasarathy PART III Well-being and Reproduction of Life: Corporatisation and Privatisation 9 Health and Healthcare in the City: A Social History Perspective Padma Prakash and Sangeeta Rege 10 Right Place, Right Time: Ambulances, Injury, and Trauma in Motion Harris Solomon 11 The Good Muslim Student: Neoliberal Education and Islamic-English Schools 210 Sameera Khan 12 Neoliberalism and Sustainability in the Art Ecosystem Olga Kanzaki Sooudi Glossary Index