Forest or farm? : the politics of poverty and land hunger in Nepal /
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| Language: | English |
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Delhi ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
1992.
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Table of Contents:
- Abbreviations, land measurement and currency equivalent
- 1. Introduction. Landlessness and pressures on forest areas. Agrarian relations in Nepal: some conceptual issues. Methodology
- 2. The root causes and the reproduction of landlessness in Nepal. Historical legacy of socio-economic inequalities up to 1951. Post-1951 political developments. The State, agrarian reforms and the poor
- 3. The scale of illegal settlement in Nawalparasi district. General background of Nawalparasi district. Government resettlement programmes in Nawalparasi district. Major causes of illegal settlement. Magnitude of illegal settlement in Nawalparasi district
- 4. Groups and people involved in illegal settlement. Profit-seeking settlers. Peasant settlers. Peasant settlers as a social group
- 5. Agrarian relations at the local level. Relations between settler enclaves and established villages. Production relations. Patron-client relationship reinforced
- 6. Peasant settlers and the State: land and underlying relationships of conflict. Survival imperatives and peasant settlers' contacts with the State. Official responses towards peasant settlers' demand for land. Popular discontent of peasant settlers. Present landuse and resettlement policies
- 7. Implications for the future. Insecurity of tenure. Loss of customary occupations. Lack of access to education. Lack of political representation. Prospects for the future
- 8. Conclusion. Summary of major findings.