Agrarian Transformation in Western India : Economic Gains and Social Costs

著者名：Mohanty, B. B.

Routledge India（2018/10/11発売）

• 言語：ENG
• ISBN：9780367247294
• eISBN：9780429753336

Description

1. This book provides an in-depth analysis of economic gains of agrarian transformation in India with its diverse social costs.
2. It combines both macro and micro economic data to understand the contemporary changes in agriculture.
3. Topical - given the scale of the agrarian problem in India today and as social scientists across the globe are increasingly shifting their interest towards the urban.
4. Agrarian transformation being a topic of global debate, this volume will be of interest to departments of South Asian studies in the UK.

Table of Contents

Introduction. 1. From Colonialism to Neoliberalism: The Trajectory of Agrarian Transformation 2. Regional Disparity in Agricultural Development 3. Agricultural Modernisation and Social Inequality 4. Land and Agriculture among Scheduled Castes and Tribes 5. Neoliberal Reforms, Agrarian Change and Rural Women 6. Rural Poverty and Rural Labour Migration 7. Changing Response to Agrarian Crisis: From Rebellion to Suicides 8. ‘We are like the living dead’: Farmer Suicides in Maharashtra. Concluding Reflections.