Zainab, I would be interested in the paper. regards Anish On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 12:09 PM, Zainab Bawa <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear all, > > My paper titled “Where is the State? How is the State? - Accessing Water > and the State in Mumbai and Johannesburg” has appeared in the latest Special > Issue on “Accessing the State” in the Journal of Asian and African Studies. > I’d be happy to share a copy of the article with anyone who is interested in > reading it. > > Abstract: This article examines the water distribution systems in > Johannesburg and Mumbai to argue that the political and institutional > contexts of service delivery shape people’s access to the state and its > resources, and also mediation between citizens and government institutions > by councillors. Through ethnographies of water supply and distribution > systems in Mumbai and Johannesburg, I explain how the organizational > structure of the water utility, institutional arrangements of service > delivery, regulatory systems, councillors’ proximity to decision makers and > their relationship with municipal officials, civil servants and party > members variously influence councillors’ mediation capacities and their > ability to fulfil the claims of their constituencies for piped water supply > and connections. > > Regards, > > Zainab > > > -- > Zainab Bawa > Ph.D. Student and Independent Researcher > > http://writerruns.wordpress.com/ > ... ambling along roads and courses, not knowing whether I am running > towards a destination or whether the act of running is destination in itself > >
