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@article{ART002795230},
author={KANG, Sung Yong},
title={The Socioeconomic Context of the Smart Cities Mission in India: Strategy to Build Infrastructure Countering Fiscal Deficit in a Mediating Position between the Economic and the Political Vicious Circles},
journal={Asia Review},
issn={2234-0386},
year={2021},
volume={11},
number={3},
pages={199-242}

TY - JOUR
AU - KANG, Sung Yong
TI - The Socioeconomic Context of the Smart Cities Mission in India: Strategy to Build Infrastructure Countering Fiscal Deficit in a Mediating Position between the Economic and the Political Vicious Circles
JO - Asia Review
PY - 2021
VL - 11
IS - 3
PB - 아시아연구소
SP - 199
EP - 242
SN - 2234-0386
AB - The Smart Cities Mission (SCM) in India initiated by the Narendra Modi government in 2015 is to be understood and reviewed in the wide socioeconomic contexts of India. The SCM aims basically, in my judgement, to create the urgent living infrastructure mobilizing private capital, especially foreign direct investments. This could contribute to escape the vicious circle of financial deficit, the missing infrastructure, the weak manufacturing industry, and the lack of infrastructure investments. However, the indispensable land acquisition for the SCM reveals the high-cost structure in social decision-making in India and points out the reason of the stalled progress in the Mission. Leaving political slogans and technological ambiguities aside, the potential transformative power of the smart city and its limitations should be reviewed against the relevant historical background. It is suggested carefully that the financial deficit would be the most fundamental mediating loop between the economic vicious circle and the political chains of problems in India. It is the reason why not the one-off political events such as the demonetization in 2016, but the combination of persistent policies are required.
KW - Smart Cities Mission;Smart City;Swachh Bharat Mission;Neomiddle Class in India;Land Acquisition
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KANG, Sung Yong. (2021). The Socioeconomic Context of the Smart Cities Mission in India: Strategy to Build Infrastructure Countering Fiscal Deficit in a Mediating Position between the Economic and the Political Vicious Circles. Asia Review, 11(3), 199-242.

KANG, Sung Yong. 2021, "The Socioeconomic Context of the Smart Cities Mission in India: Strategy to Build Infrastructure Countering Fiscal Deficit in a Mediating Position between the Economic and the Political Vicious Circles", Asia Review, vol.11, no.3 pp.199-242.

KANG, Sung Yong "The Socioeconomic Context of the Smart Cities Mission in India: Strategy to Build Infrastructure Countering Fiscal Deficit in a Mediating Position between the Economic and the Political Vicious Circles" Asia Review 11.3 pp.199-242 (2021) : 199.

KANG, Sung Yong. The Socioeconomic Context of the Smart Cities Mission in India: Strategy to Build Infrastructure Countering Fiscal Deficit in a Mediating Position between the Economic and the Political Vicious Circles. 2021; 11(3), 199-242.

KANG, Sung Yong. "The Socioeconomic Context of the Smart Cities Mission in India: Strategy to Build Infrastructure Countering Fiscal Deficit in a Mediating Position between the Economic and the Political Vicious Circles" Asia Review 11, no.3 (2021) : 199-242.

KANG, Sung Yong. The Socioeconomic Context of the Smart Cities Mission in India: Strategy to Build Infrastructure Countering Fiscal Deficit in a Mediating Position between the Economic and the Political Vicious Circles. Asia Review, 11(3), 199-242.

KANG, Sung Yong. The Socioeconomic Context of the Smart Cities Mission in India: Strategy to Build Infrastructure Countering Fiscal Deficit in a Mediating Position between the Economic and the Political Vicious Circles. Asia Review. 2021; 11(3) 199-242.

KANG, Sung Yong. The Socioeconomic Context of the Smart Cities Mission in India: Strategy to Build Infrastructure Countering Fiscal Deficit in a Mediating Position between the Economic and the Political Vicious Circles. 2021; 11(3), 199-242.

KANG, Sung Yong. "The Socioeconomic Context of the Smart Cities Mission in India: Strategy to Build Infrastructure Countering Fiscal Deficit in a Mediating Position between the Economic and the Political Vicious Circles" Asia Review 11, no.3 (2021) : 199-242.