Agrarian studies : essays on agrarian relations in less-developed countries / edited by V.K. Ramachandran and Madhura Swaminathan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ramachandran, V. K.

Madhura Swaminathan

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agriculture--Economic aspects--Developing countries--Congresses.

Agriculture.

Agriculture--Economic aspects.

Rural conditions.

Social classes.

Land tenure.

Developing countries.

Land tenure--Developing countries--Congresses.

Social classes--Developing countries--Congresses.

Developing countries--Rural conditions--Congresses.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xxxi, 568 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Zed Books ; New York : Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave, 2003.

Summary:

The Development and Planning Department of the Government of West Bengal held an international conference in Kolkata in 2002, which provided a forum for debate and discussion on new research in the field of agrarian relations in less-developed countries. The papers brought together in this volume were first presented at this conference, and cover a wide range of theoretical issues and empirical experiences. Some address land reform, and others focus on liberalized trade and mobile financial flows. Country case studies concerned with changes in agrarian relations include Mexico, Chile, Brazil, Cuba, China, and Bangladesh; others on South Africa, the Philippines, and sub-Saharan Africa identify land reforms in the contemporary period.

Contents:

Poverty and the Distribution of Land / Keith Griffin, Azizur Rahman Khan, Amy Ickowitz 3

Paths of Capitalist Agrarian Transition in the Past and in the Contemporary World / Terence J. Byres 54

Globalization of Capital and Terms of Trade Movements / Prabhat Patnaik 94

Deflation and Deja Vu: Indian Agriculture in the World Economy / Utsa Patnaik 111

Agrarian Relations, Human Development and Neoliberal Land Reform

Agrarian Transformation and Human Development: Instrumental and Constitutive Links / Amiya Kumar Bagchi 153

Land and Agrarian Reform in South Africa: Contemporary Challenges and Perspectives / Richard Levin 166

Agrarian Transition in Russia / Nirmal Kumar Chandra 179

Note by Venkatesh Athreya and Discussion 204

The Politics of Partial Reform in the Philippines / James Putzel 213

The Land Market Approach to Rural Development / M. Riad El-Ghonemy 230

Agrarian Reform in Brazil: Victories and Challenges in the Era of Globalization / Marcos Kowarick 245

Latin America: Country Experiences

Mexico: Peasant Agriculture and Food in a Global Context / Kirsten Appendini 271

The Neoliberal Transformation of Chilean Agriculture in the Era of Globalization / Cristobal Kay 287

South Asia: Production, Employment and Poverty

Agrarian Relations in Contemporary West Bengal and Tasks for the Left / Surjya Kanta Mishra, Vikas Rawal 329

Presentation Land Relations in Contemporary Kerala: A Survey / P.K. Michael Tharakan 356

Changes in Agrarian Relations and Livelihoods in Rural Bangladesh: Insights from Repeat Village Studies / Mahabub Hossain, Manik L. Bose, Alamgir Chowdhury, Ruth Meinzen-Dick 369

Agriculture, Employment and Poverty: Recent Trends in Rural India / Abhijit Sen 392

Agricultural Workers in Rural Tamil Nadu: A Field Report / V.K. Ramachandran, Madhura Swaminathan, Vikas Rawal 445

Note by K. Nagaraj and Discussion 473

Some Socialist Experiences

Economic and Social Vulnerability in Rural China: Current Situation and Some Emerging Policy Issues / Zhang Xiaoshan 491

Presentation Dealing with Agrarian Relations in the Process of Rural Development: Experience of the Communist Party of Vietnam / Nguyen Tan Trinh 501

Cuba: An Experience of Rural Development / Victor Manuel Figueroa Albelo 506.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Proceedings of the international conference on 'Agrarian Relations and Rural Development in Less-Developed Countries', 3 to 6 January 2002, Kolkata."

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

ISBN:

184277316X

OCLC:

50285382