Chapter 1. Introduction: Towards Understanding the Social Dynamics of the Urban N. Jayaram -- Chapter 2. Revisiting the City: The Relevance of Urban Sociology Today N. Jayaram -- Chapter 3. Global Flows or Rural-Urban Connections? Temporality, Public Spaces and Heterotopias in Globalising Mumbai D. Parthasarathy -- Chapter 4. Globalisation, Group Autonomy, and Political Space: Negotiating Globa…