@article { , title = {Ambivalent improvements: biography, biopolitics, and colonial Delhi}, abstract = {This paper explores the ambivalent feelings towards the Government of India produced in one of the government’s own employees. In establishing the Delhi Improvement Trust in the 1930s, Arthur Parke Hume had to battle against governmental cost cutting in an attempt to secure the rehousing of slum evictees. The refusal of the government to accept this welfarist commitment to investment led to the stalling of the improvement projects and great emotional disquiet for Hume. This is traced through his personal correspondence with his parents. In interweaving these insights with the imperial archive, three biographical approaches are adopted. A traditional chronology is used to order the events, an analytical approach is used to outline the discursive regularities of Hume’s observations, and a genealogical approach is used to suggest the influences on Hume’s writings and the broader governmental rationalities that he had to negotiate.}, doi = {10.1068/a38460}, eissn = {0308-518X}, issn = {0308-518X}, issue = {1}, journal = {Environment and Planning A}, note = {Invoice Congratulations! You have now completed your payment. If you have paid by credit card or paypal your payment will now be automatically processed with your publisher. If you have requested your university or funder to pay your publication fee, this has now been forwarded to your account manager. Once they have made a decision, you will receive notification by email. You can save or print the invoice below, and this transaction has been saved to your account and accessed at any time. If you need assistance at anytime simply send us an email support@openaccesskey.com Thank you for using Open Access Key – good luck with your research! \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Payment details Payment completed Invoice no.: 1584 Invoice date: 3/8/2013 Payment method: OAK Account Account name: University of Nottingham GBP account Author Stephen Legg OAK ID: 88101178 Stephen.Legg@nottingham.ac.uk Paying institution Nottingham Central Approved by: KePi on 3/13/2013 Details Environment and Planning A ID: 103979 GBP 750.00 VAT: GBP 150.00 Invoice amount: GBP 900.00 Article Ambivalent Improvements: Biography, Biopolitics, and Colonial Delhi Date 7/20/2007 DOI 10.1068/a38460 Corresponding Author Stephen Legg Co-Authors Publisher Journal name Environment and Planning A 40 Journal issue 1}, publicationstatus = {Published}, publisher = {SAGE Publications}, url = {https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1016254}, volume = {40}, year = {2008}, author = {Stephen, Legg} }