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Rural commercial capital : agricultural markets in West Bengal / Barbara Harriss-White.
Lippincott Library HD9016.I43 W3925 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Harriss-White, Barbara, 1946-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Farm produce--Marketing--Government policy--India--West Bengal.
- Farm produce.
- Rice--India--West Bengal--Marketing.
- Rice.
- Marketing.
- Farm produce--Marketing--Government policy.
- India--West Bengal.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 428 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2008.
- Contents:
- Professor Sunil Sengupta xvi
- 1 Introduction: How the Successes and Failures of West Bengal's Agriculture are Affected by its Agricultural Markets 1
- 2 Analysing Markets 19
- 3 A History of West Bengal's Food Economy 47
- 4 The System of Rice Markets in Birbhum District in the Early 1980s 72
- 5 The Dynamics and Politics of Rice Markets in Birbhum District 126
- 6 Institutional Diversity, Price Performance, and Power Relations in the Commodity Markets of Bardhaman District 146
- 7 The Dynamics of Market Institutions and Market Politics in Bardhaman District in 1990 185
- 8 Liberalization and Institutional Development in the Rice Market System in the Early 21st Century 213
- 9 State and Market, 1991-2002: De-Regulation, De-Participation, Re-Regulation, and Crisis 258
- 10 Conclusions: Rural Commercial Capital, Market Systems, and the Left Front 290.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [387]-410) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0195691598
- 9780195691597
- OCLC:
- 213224446
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