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- English
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Land Dispossession And Everyday Politics in Rural Eastern India
About this book
Over the past decade India has witnessed a number of land wars that have centred crucially on the often forcible transfer of land from small farmers or indigenous groups to private companies. Among these, the land war that erupted in Singur, West Bengal, in 2006, went on to make national headlines and become paradigmatic of many of the challenges and social conflicts that arise when a state-led policy of swiftly transferring land to private sector companies encounters resistance on the ground. Land Dispossession and Everyday Politics in Rural Eastern India analyses the movement by Singur's so-called unwilling farmers to retain and reclaim their farmland. By foregrounding the everyday politics of popular mobilization, the book sheds new light on the movement's internal politics as well as on contentious issues rooted in everyday caste, class and gender relations.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter One Situating Singur
- Chapter Two Land, Identity and the Politics of Representation
- Chapter Three Law, Judicialization and the Politics of Waiting
- Chapter Four Class, Caste and Community
- Chapter Five Gendered Mobilization: Women as Activists and Symbols
- Chapter Six Activist Leadership
- Chapter Seven Ma, Mati, Manush – Mamata
- Conclusion
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index