Cover illustration for the Book - Migrants and Machine Politics by Princeton University Press Authors: Adam Michael Auerbach and Tariq Thachil.

The cover illustrates a commonly seen scenario in slums just before elections, where political parties show their power by organising rallys and mobilise the crowd. It shows how the crowd also takes active participation, seeks representation and how poor migrants shape city politics during urbanisation in slum settlements.

By documenting how poor migrants actively shape urban politics in counterintuitive ways, this book sheds new light on the political consequences of urbanisation across India and the Global South.