Monthly Archives: January 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has created a dangerous new normal for everyone through Lockdown orders and social distancing guidelines. But for the billions of urban poor, these guidelines aren’t just burdensome; they’re essentially impossible. More than a billion people live in slums and … Continue reading →

There is a plethora of Urban Political Institutions. Rao (1974) has identified four problem areas in the study of political institutions, organization and processes in the urban context: 1)Formal political structure 2)Informal political organizations 3)Small town politics and 4)Violence. There … Continue reading →