Peasant movements in post-colonial India [electronic resource] : dynamics of mobilization and identity / Debal K. SinghaRoy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

SinghaRoy, Debal K., 1957-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peasants--Political activity--India--Andhra Pradesh.

Peasants.

Peasants--Political activity--India--West Bengal.

Peasants--India--Andhra Pradesh--Social conditions.

Peasants--India--West Bengal--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (277 p.)

Place of Publication:

New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The central concern of this book is to examine in a comparative framework, the ways in which grassroots mobilizations transform and institutionalize themselves, forge new collective identities and articulate new strategies for survival and resistance. Debal K SinghaRoy focuses on three major radical movements-Tebhaga and Naxalite in West Bengal and Telangana in Andhra Pradesh. Based on empirical data and supported by a wide range of secondary sources, the author argues that as spontaneous expressions of discontent against oppression, domination and marginalization turn into institutionalized m

Contents:

Towards conceptualization: peasants and peasant movements

Radical peasant movements: an interface with history

Peasantry in the emerging agrarian social structure

Contemporary peasant movements: an account from within

Trends of mobilization: from radicalization to institutionalization

Domination, dependency and discontent: peasant praxis for new identity and autonomy.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [246]-261) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-42535-8

9786612425356

81-321-0393-9

OCLC:

554571909