डॉ. बी. आर. अम्बेडकर विश्‍वविद्यालय दिल्ली
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University Delhi
Established by The Government of NCT of Delhi

Course coordinator and team: Dr. Bhawna Bali

1. Course Details:
2. 1. Summary

This course is aimed at developing an understanding of the ways in which our cities are governed and managed by different actors, agencies and institutions, through various planning and policy initiatives in liberalized India, using the lens of urban inequality and sustainability. An overview of the patterns of urbanisation and its challenges in India would be provided, followed by a layout of the basic concepts and structures of urban governance at the national, state and municipal level. The recent shifts within urban governance in the form of public private participation (PPP) and other “participatory” processes (such as Bhagidari in Delhi) will also be examined. Further, the course and content of select planning and policy initiatives would be critically analysed. This analysis would be undertaken through the mode of workshops. Finally, the nature and role of different forms of urban activism in influencing decision making processes would be explored, through use of specific case studies.

1. 2. Objectives
2. 1. 1. To gain an understanding of actors, agencies and institutions responsible for governing and managing the city.
      2. To gain an ability to read planning, policy and programme documents.
      3. To build critical understanding of contemporary plans, policies and programmes.
      4. To understand how judiciary, civil society, NGO and media influence the decision making processs.
3. 3. Overall structure:

This course is organized around four units.

	Topic	Duration (week)
1.	Urbanisation and Governance	2
2.	Participatory Processes	2
3.	Reading Plans, Policies and Programmes	5
4.	Advocacy and Activism	3

1. 1. Contents

Essential Readings

Bhagat, RB (2011). Emerging Pattern of Urbanisation in India, Economic and Political Weekly 46(34): 10–12.

Munshi, S., Abraham, B. P. and Chaudhari, S. (2009). The Intelligent Person’s Guide to Good Governance, Delhi: Sage Publication India Pvt. Ltd.

Reut, J., Lama-Rewal, S. T. (2009). Governing India’s Metropolisis, Delhi: Routledge (Chapter 1: Engaging with the Concept of Governance in the Study of Indian Metropolises). 

Pandey, K. K. (2012). Administration of Urban Development and Urban Service Delivery, Theme Paper for the 56^th Member’s Annual Conference, Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi.

Zimmer, A. (2011). Everyday governance of the waste waterscapes: A Foucauldian analysis in Delhi’s informal settlements, PhD Dissertation submitted to Rheinische Friedrich‐Wilhelms‐University of Bonn (Chapter II: Governmentality and Everyday Governing Practices in the Waste Waterscapes: Theoretical Consideration for the Analysis). 

Ranganathan, M., Kamath, L. and Baindur, V. (2009). Piped water supply to greater Bangalore: putting the cart before the horse, Economic and Political Weekly, 44 (33), 53-62.

Mohanty Aditya (2014). When Participation Trumps Governance: From Bhagidari to Mohalla Sabhas in Delhi, Economic and Political Weekly, 49 (14),pg

Lama-Rewal, S. T. (2011). Urban Governance: How Democratic? In Zérah, M. H., Dupont, V. and Lama-Rewal, S. T. (eds), Urban Policies and Right to the City in India, New Delhi: UNESCO and Centre de Sciences Humaines.  

Priya, R. (1993). Town Planning Public Health and Urban Poor: Some Exploration from Delhi, Economic and Political Weekly, 28 (17), 824-834.

Batra, L. (2009).  A Review of Urbanisation and Urban Policy in Post-Independent India. Working paper Series (CSLG/WP/12), Centre for the Study of Law and Governance. New Delhi: Jawaharlal Nehru University.

Banerjee-Guha, S. (2009).Neoliberalising the ‘Urban’: New Geographies of power and injustice in Indian cities, Economic and Political Weekly, 44(22), 95-107.

Doshi, S. (2013). The Politics of the Evicted: Redevelopment, Subjectivity, and Difference in Mumbai's Slum Frontier, Antipode,45 (4), 844–65.

Bhowmik, S. K. (2010) (eds). Street Vendors in the Global Economy, New Delhi: Routledge (Chapter 12: Advocacy Coalitions Influencing Informal Sector Policy: The Case of India’s National Urban Street Vendors Policy)

Kumar, Ravi (2008). Globalization and Changing Patterns of Social Mobilization in Urban India, Social Movement Studies, 7:1, 77-96.

            Documentary Film

In Depth – 74^th Constitution Amendment available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kv6fjq7Y-4I

New Delhi Private Limited produced by Hazards Centre available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0IkveNoQxc&t=163s

Pedagogy:

1. 1. Instructional design

The course will be a combination of lectures and hands-on activities in the class. In addition to readings, there will be a substantial use of visual material such as documentary films, photographs, figures and maps etc. Both Unit 2 and 3 will be transacted simultaneously. The Unit 3 - Reading Plans and Programmes, will be transacted in a workshop mode. Herein, some external experts would be invited to conduct a few sessions. A field trip to a project site will also be planned. The course will make use of online platform ‘google classroom’ that enables students to track the course’s progress and their own contributions.

1. 2. Special needs (facilities, requirements in terms of software, studio, lab, clinic, library, classroom/others instructional space; any other – please specify) None
2. 3. Expertise in AUD faculty or outside

The faculty teaching the course has training in the field of Policy Studies and was also a part of Delhi based alliance Sajha Manch involved in researching and advocating on issues of urban poverty, including shelter and livelihood.

1. 4. Linkages with external agencies (e.g., with field-based organizations, hospital; any others)

There is already an existing linkage with urban activists working on different aspects of urban poverty and inequality. Some of them will be invited to share their experience of policy advocacy and activism. Also, experts will be invited to facilitate few sessions of Unit 3.

8. Assessment structure (modes and frequency of assessments)

The course will have formative and summative assessment situations explained in the table below

Types of Assessment	Types of Assignments
Formative Assessment	Short Response note to evaluate reading, analytical and writing skills (10%).	Hands-on activities in the class – reading, understanding and analysing plans and programmes (30%)	Field trip based group work  (Field report) – understanding the issue in the field and relating it with course material (10%)
Summative Assessment		Mid Term Exam (25%)	End Semester Exam (25%)