Debt and death in rural India : the Punjab story / Aman Sidhu with Inderjit Singh Jaijee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sidhu, Aman.

Contributor:

Jaijee, Inderjit Singh, 1931-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Farmers--India--Punjab--Suicidal behaviour.

Farmers.

Agriculture and state.

Water-supply.

Economic conditions.

India--Punjab.

Farmers--India--Punjab--Economic conditions.

Water-supply--India--Punjab.

Agriculture and state--India--Punjab.

Physical Description:

xx, 335 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage, 2011.

Summary:

Researching farmer suicides in India, the late Sidhu was pursuing a sociology doctorate at Panjab U. (Chandigarh, India) when she was killed in a traffic accident, leaving it up to her father to compile and edit her data into this book, which documents and enumerates cases of suicide by farmers and farm laborers in the state of Punjab between 1988 and 2008 and assesses causal factors, including government policy and lack of access to water. The volume also addresses survival strategies of farmers and farm laborers and issues of rehabilitation and compensation. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Introduction

Punjab's land, rivers and climate

Cultural profile of Moonak subdivision

Dispute over Punjab's river waters

History of southeast Punjab

The demand for federalism

Punjab versus the central government steamroller

Quantification of suicides

A problem does not exist if you don't look at it

Rehabilitation and compensation

Survival strategies

Afterword

Appendices

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

8132106539

9788132106531

OCLC:

711052191

Publisher Number:

99946431890