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1 online resource (xv, 303 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Class, Politics, and Agrarian Policies in Post-liberalisation India; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Tables and Figures; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; Overview of theoretical debates; Form and matter; Chapters; Notes; 2. Policy-making, Class Factor, and Political Settlement: Setting the Theoretical Framework; Identifying the framework; The Marxian view on class and state; The 'political settlement' perspective; Why take 'class' as the lens? Structure over institutions; State-society discourse in India; Class discourse in India -- Different perspectives |
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Class and state relationsConclusion; Notes; 3. Privatising the Inputs of Production: A Case of Careful Choice of Beneficiaries and Losers; A discontinuous period for agrarian policies since 1990; Agricultural policy before and after the 1990s; Phase I: The Green Revolution Phase (1967-90); Phase II: Post-liberalisation stage one (1997-2004); Phase III: Post-liberalisation stage two (2004 onwards); Agriculture and market: Delimiting the study; Who benefits? Impact of the new policy regime; Dominant classes and their changing equation; Apple in multiple baskets: Rural class diversification |
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Land from the tillersNationalisation to informalisation of credit; Input centricity in policy: Pushing masses of farmers to the periphery; Seed: From autonomy to slavery; Fertiliser and pesticides; Changing Cropping Pattern: Why and where; Big farmer and emerging gentleman farmers: Converging interests; Decentralisation or accumulation at lower state level?; Conclusion; Methods and methodology; Operationalising objective: Choosing sites and interviewees; Notes; 4. Chhattisgarh: New State, New Opportunities for Old Class Domination; Overview |
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Sectoral distribution: Economy shifting to the service sectorThe political landscape; Key findings from fieldwork; Balance of power and lobby politics; Tight networks among proprietary classes; Classes within farmers and their caste identity; Landlord: Rentier and urban-bound; What became of the traditional big and middle farmer?; Emerging gentleman farmers; Key issues in agricultural policy; Monopolisation of land and natural resources; State coercion to silence protestors; Credit disbursal for the resource-rich; New Agricultural Policy brings opportunities for rural proprietary classes |
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Policy-induced change in cropping pattern: Soybean, Jatropha, and horticultureSeed, pesticide and fertiliser, and lumpy technology; Water, but not for everyone; Mechanism of pacification: Public distribution system and RSS intervention; Different ways of choosing allies in the countryside; Role of the Bharatiya Kisan Sangh and its ties to big farmers; Panchayati Raj Institutions; Conclusion; Notes; 5. Gujarat: Strong State-directed Capitalism Across Sectors; Brief Overview; Geographical divisions; State-driven economic growth; Key findings from fieldwork |
| Summary |
The book visits the idea of New India, studying how the political economy of India has changed significantly in post-liberalisation India. The book challenges the notion that all farmers in India are in agrarian distress, showing that some classes of farmers have gained under policies; it helps understand why farmer movement has weakened and control of industrial capitalist class has been bolstered. The book discusses the growing presence of petty bourgeoisie with both old and new fractions thriving. Gujarat and Karnataka are instances of these two kinds of fractions. Refuting to pre-suppose a uniformity across countries, this book upholds the significance of studying these dynamics within a nation state |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 08, 2019) |
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Social classes -- India
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Agriculture and state -- India.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
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Agriculture and state
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Politics and government
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Social classes
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| SUBJECT |
India -- Politics and government -- 1977- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064946
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India
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781108236201 |
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1108236200 |
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9781108697538 |
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1108697534 |
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