The Land Question in India : State, Dispossession, and Capitalist Transition /
Examines the centrality of land in contemporary development discourse in India and the role of the state in the dispossession of land from peasants and tribal communities. It looks at land acquisition processes, their legal and ethical implications, and the regional diversity of acquisition experien...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
OUP Oxford,
2017.
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| Summary: | Examines the centrality of land in contemporary development discourse in India and the role of the state in the dispossession of land from peasants and tribal communities. It looks at land acquisition processes, their legal and ethical implications, and the regional diversity of acquisition experiences in India. |
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| Item Description: | 5: Law Struggles, Lawmaking, and the Politics of Hegemony in Neoliberal India: Toward a Critical Perspective on the 2013 Land Acquisition Act. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (358 pages) |
| Bibliography: | References4: Agrarian Crisis and Accumulation in Rural India: Locating the Land Question within the Agrarian Question; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Historical Prelude to the Agrarian Question; 4.3 Agrarian Crisis and Accumulation under Neoliberalism; 4.3.1 Setting and Methodology; 4.3.2 Peasant Classes and Labor Exploitation; 4.3.3 Asset Ownership and Incomes; 4.4 Is the Agrarian Question Relevant under Globalization?; 4.5 Locating the Land Question and Conclusions; Notes; References; Part II: Legal-Institutional Dimensions of ``Regimes of Dispossessioń́ |
| ISBN: | 9780192510914 0192510916 9780191834431 0191834432 |