This book introduces the many debates on land and agriculture in India and discusses the biggest concerns today.
Land and Labour in Indian Agriculture: Discourses on Growth and Equity presents empirically grounded analytical essays on principal concerns of the agrarian question in India. It brings together important contributions from eminent experts focusing on agricultural and rural development, land and labour, and policymaking. Looking at agricultural development as a means of improving the quality of life in rural areas, the essays capture shifts not only in policymaking but also in ground realities and explain why the rural crisis persists in India. The editor’s introductions put in perspective the essays on the evolution of the agrarian discourse, policy deliberations, and performance and trends in rural development.
The series ‘Social Change in Contemporary India’ brings together key texts published in the prestigious journal Social Change, from 1971 till present times. These writings, most of which are considered canonical, address important issues in health, education, poverty and agriculture with special focus on disadvantaged groups. These writings will help readers identify key points in the history of policymaking in India and major discourses and debates and their impact.
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Section I The Land Question: Sectional Introduction |
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Chapter 1 Kin, Clan and Land Reforms in Bihar Villages |
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Chapter 2 Land Alienation of Tribals in the Jharkhand Region of Bihar: Process and Pattern |
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Chapter 3 Triple Exclusion of Dalits in Landownership in Kerala |
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Chapter 4 Contextualizing Women's Rights and Entitlements to Land: Insights from Gujarat |
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Section II The Agrarian Structure Sectional Introduction |
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Chapter 5 Agrarian Structure and the Rural Poor: Review of Perspectives |
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Chapter 6 Role of Peasant Economy in Capitalist Development: Case Study of a Maharashtra Village |
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Chapter 7 Micro-regional Planning for the Management of Agriculture |
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Chapter 8 Agricultural Modernization in Rural Maharashtra: Myth and Reality |
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Chapter 9 Green Revolution Revisited: The Contemporary Agrarian Situation in Punjab |
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Section III The Giobaiization Era Sectional Introduction |
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Chapter 10 Changing Structure and Organization of Agriculture and Small Farmers in India |
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Chapter 11 Shifting Pattern of Agricultural Space: Evolution of Contract Farming in Punjab |
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Chapter 12 Employment Patterns among Agricultural Labourers in Rural Punjab |
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Chapter 13 Agriculture Security: How to Attain It |
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| About the Editors and Contributors |
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Prashant K. Trivedi, an Associate Professor at the Giri Institute of Development Studies, Lucknow, received his PhD in sociology from the University of Lucknow. His research interests include political economy of land reforms, rural studies and issues relating to Dalits, Muslims and women with a special focus on Uttar Pradesh, India. He has published articles on a variety of subjects including gender and law, caste and violence, and inequality in development in various journals including Economic & Political Weekly, Journal of Indian School of Political Economy and Social Change. His has co-authored Backward and Dalit Muslims: Education, Employment and Poverty and Weapon of the Oppressed: An Inventory of Peoples Rights in India and edited The Globalisation Turbulence: Emerging Tensions in Indian Society. Before joining the Giri Institute, he was a faculty at the Council for Social Development (CSD), New Delhi. During this period, he was the book review editor of CSDs peer-reviewed journal Social Change published by SAGE.
