The changing village in India : insights from longitudinal research / edited by Himanshu, Praveen Jha, Gerry Rodgers.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Himanshu, 1972- editor.

Jha, Praveen K. (Praveen Kumar), editor.

Rodgers, Gerry, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Villages.

India--Rural conditions.

India.

Rural conditions.

Rural development--India.

Rural development.

Villages--India--Longitudinal studies.

Genre:

Longitudinal studies.

Physical Description:

xxi, 498 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New Delhi, India : Oxford University Press, 2016.

Contents:

1 Introduction / Himanshu, Praveen Jha Jha, Praveen, Gerry Rodgers Rodgers, Gerry 1

2 The Story of the 'Slater Village' Studies of Agrarian Change in Tamil Nadu, and Methodological Reflections Upon Them / John Harriss Harriss, John 20

3 Plain Tales from the Plains: A Personal Account of Researching in Rural Bijnor over Three Decades / Patricia Jeffery Jeffery, Patricia 35

4 Strengths and Weaknesses of Long-term Village Studies: Reflections on Methods and Research Design from Studies in Bangladesh / Shapan Adnan Adnan, Shapan 65

5 How Lives Change: Six Decades in a North Indian Village / Himanshu, Nicholas Stern Stern, Nicholas 87

6 Four Decades of Village Studies and Surveys in Bihar / Gerry Rodgers Rodgers, Gerry, Sunil K. Mishra Mishra, Sunil K., Alakh N. Sharma Sharma, Alakh N. 119

7 A Forgotten 'Revolution': Revisiting Rural Life and Agrarian Change in Haryana / Surinder S. Jodhka Jodhka, Surinder S. 155

8 Assessing Change: Land, Labour, and Employment in an Eastern Uttar Pradesh Village, 1994-2012 / Ravi Srivastava Srivastava, Ravi 194

9 Thirty Years On: Work and Well-being in Rural Bihar / Praveen Jha Jha, Praveen, Avanindra Nath Thakur Thakur, Avanindra Nath 230

10 Rural Tamil Nadu in the Liberalization Era: What Do We Learn from Village Studies? / John Harriss Harriss, John, J. Jeyaranjan Jeyaranjan, J. 263

11 Non-farm Diversification, Inequality, and Mobility in Palanpur / Himanshu, Peter Lanjouw Lanjouw, Peter, Rinku Murgai Murgai, Rinku, Nicholas Stern Stern, Nicholas 289

12 Rural Gounders on the Move in Western Tamil Nadu: 1981-2 to 2008-9 / Judith Heyer Heyer, Judith 327

13 Changes in Rural Labour Markets in Bihar: 1981-2011 / Janine Rodgers Rodgers, Janine 357

14 Migration from Rural Bihar: Insights from a Longitudinal Study (1981-2011) / Amrita Datta Datta, Amrita 380

15 Public Services, Social Relations, Politics, and Gender: Tales from a North Indian Village / Dipa Sinha Sinha, Dipa, Dinesh Kumar Tiwari Tiwari, Dinesh Kumar, Ruchira Bhattacharya Bhattacharya, Ruchira, Ruth Kattumuri Kattumuri, Ruth 401

16 Caste and Land Distribution: Results from a Village Resurvey in Maharashtra, 1964-2007 / R. Ramakumar Ramakumar, R. 437

17 Ideas and Substance in Rural-Urban Economic Relations: The Contribution of a Long-term Urban Study in South India / Barbara Harriss-White Harriss-White, Barbara 459.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780199461868

0199461864

OCLC:

940542841