Indigenous Question, Land Appropriation, and Development
Understanding the Conflict in Jharkhand, India
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- English
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Indigenous Question, Land Appropriation, and Development
Understanding the Conflict in Jharkhand, India
About this book
This book provides a first-hand account of land conflict and power relations in one of the most resource-rich states in India — Jharkhand. Through the eyes of the state, corporate, and indigenous actors, it reveals how conflict over land in Jharkhand is firmly embedded in the ideological foundations of the key actors in the region. Based on thorough research on the ground and interviews with state, corporate, and indigenous actors, the book explores a host of themes such as: the need and efficacy of state-led modernisation programmes, the market as the best regulator, and 'ideas' of development. The volume highlights how land conflicts in Jharkhand will persist until the ideological differences are recognised and welcomed in hopes of making way for collaborative governance.
This work will be a key intervention in the fields of area studies, especially South Asian studies, public policy, politics, and development studies.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Half-Title Page
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication Page
- Contents
- List of figures
- Foreword by Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt
- Preface
- 1 Introducing the conflict
- 2 Adivasis in colonial and post-colonial India
- 3 Development in post-colonial India
- 4 Removing Adivasis from the Adivasi state
- 5 Agriculture, a ‘backward’ economy in the eyes of the state
- 6 Corporate pressures, threats, and ultimatums
- 7 Adivasis’ resistance and persistence
- 8 Violent and bloodied realities of ideologies in Jharkhand
- 9 The way forward for Jharkhand
- 10 Closing remarks
- Endnotes
- References
- Index