Includes bibliographical references (p. [368]-391) and index.

Shifts in urban governance : raising the questions / I.S.A. Baud and J. de Wit -- Urban governance in India-spotlight on Mumbai / M. Pinto -- Urban decentralization in Indian cities : assessing the performance of neighbourhood level wards committees / J. de Wit, N. Nainan and S. Palnitkar -- Institutionalising people's participation in urban governance : an inter-city perspective of the ward committees in West Bengal / A. Ghosh and M. Mitraá -- Negotiating for participation : decentralization and NGOs in Mumbai, India / N. Nainan and I.S.A. Baud -- Governance in urban environmental management : comparing accountability and performance in multi-stakeholder arrangements in south India / I.S.A. Baud and R. Dhanalakshmi -- Law, urban policies and the role of intermediaries in Delhi / I. Milbert -- New management tools for Mumbai's SWM / S. Redkar -- Partnerships in action : a people's view / A. Bhide -- New forms of governance in Hyderabad : how urban reforms are redefining actors in the city / L. Kennedyá -- New forms of contestation and cooperation in Indian urban governance / N. Sridharan -- The courts and the squatter settlements in Delhi or the intervention of the judiciary in urban "governance" / V. Dupont and U. Ramanathan -- Whose ball game is it anyway? / A. Adarkar.