Essay Questions: Answer
both questions. 3 pages for each.
1. The migrant experience in the Mumbai context reveals the precarious nature of the existence of workers in the informal sector. Using interview data from the Boo book, provide at least three examples from Indias performance on various social indicators (literacy, basic health care) on how the countrys development policies have actually inhibited social and economic mobility for the urban poor in Mumbai?
2. Chinas path to economic progress has been informed by the Lewis model and its management of urban migrants through the hukou system. Please highlight the major theoretical points of Lewiss understanding of the migration process in respect to how these apply to Chinese urbanization? In what way does the hukou system complement Lewiss model in explaining Chinese urbanization?
Short Answer questions: Answer both of the following questions (15 marks. 7.5 marks per question). 2 pages for each.
1) Urban informality has been a characteristic of development in both Indian and Chinese cities. Given that urban informality is a bigger problem in terms of how it affects peoples welfare in India than China, present five broad comparisons on how urban informality is tackled at the policy level in both countries?
2) Solomon Benjamin has used the term occupancy urbanism to describe the new politics and political economy of the large Indian metropolitan city. What are the three main arguments in his approach to highlight the distinctiveness of the Indian urban context in comparison to cities in other countries?
You are expected to use font 12 Arial and also reference your responses according to the APA format.
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Essay Questions Answerboth questions. 3 pages for each.
1. Essay Questions: Answer
both questions. 3 pages for each.
1. The migrant experience in the Mumbai context reveals the
precarious nature of the existence of workers in the informal
sector. Using interview data from the Boo book, provide at least
three examples from Indias performance on various social
indicators (literacy, basic health care) on how the countrys
development policies have actually inhibited social and
economic mobility for the urban poor in Mumbai?
2. Chinas path to economic progress has been informed by the
Lewis model and its management of urban migrants through the
hukou system. Please highlight the major theoretical points of
Lewiss understanding of the migration process in respect to
how these apply to Chinese urbanization? In what way does the
hukou system complement Lewiss model in explaining Chinese
urbanization?
Short Answer questions: Answer both of the following questions
(15 marks. 7.5 marks per question). 2 pages for each.
1) Urban informality has been a characteristic of development
in both Indian and Chinese cities. Given that urban informality
is a bigger problem in terms of how it affects peoples welfare
in India than China, present five broad comparisons on how
urban informality is tackled at the policy level in both
countries?
2) Solomon Benjamin has used the term occupancy urbanism
to describe the new politics and political economy of the large
Indian metropolitan city. What are the three main arguments in
2. his approach to highlight the distinctiveness of the Indian urban
context in comparison to cities in other countries?
You are expected to use font 12 Arial and also reference your
responses according to the APA format.
