@article{fdi:010048413,
  title = {{P}articipatory governance in urban management and the shifting geometry of power in {M}umbai},
  author = {{Z}{\'e}rah, {M}arie-{H}{\'e}l{\`e}ne},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}his article questions the participatory dimension of urban governance in {M}umbai. {B}ased on surveys of a number of participatory projects for urban services, it compares the differentiated impacts of participation in middle-class colonies with those in slums. {R}esults demonstrate that changing citizen-government relationships have led to the empowerment of the middle and upper middle class who harness the potential of new 'invited space' to expand their claims on the city and political space. {I}n contrast, the poor end up on the losing side as {NGO}s function more as contracted agents of the {S}tate than as representatives of the poor. {D}irect community participation empowers influential community members, small private entrepreneurs and middlemen, and contributes to labour informalization. {U}ltimately, these processes consolidate a form of 'governing beyond the {S}tate' that promotes a managerial vision of participation and leads to double standards of citizenship.},
  keywords = {},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{D}evelopment and {C}hange},
  volume = {40},
  numero = {5},
  pages = {853--877},
  ISSN = {0012-155{X}},
  year = {2009},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010048413},
}