Agrarian Crisis and Agrarian Questions in India |
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| Authors: | JENS LERCHE |
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| Institution: | Department of Development Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK |
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| Abstract: | This essay reviews five recent books concerned with different aspects of the agrarian crisis and agrarian questions in India. Each book deals, implicitly or explicitly, with specific facets of these issues. Specific regional patterns of highly exploitative agrarian capitalist developments and the role of agro‐commercial capital are analysed by the books. The essay argues that the agrarian crisis is class specific and that the capitalist farming classes are, in the main, able to successfully accumulate, although uneven development across India makes generalization difficult. The review concludes with some overall perspectives on agrarian transition in India. |
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| Keywords: | India agrarian question agrarian crisis capitalist agriculture agro‐commercial capital |
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