Rethinking Revolutions : soyabean, choupals, and the changing countryside in central India
Kumar, Richa
Rethinking Revolutions : soyabean, choupals, and the changing countryside in central India / Richa Kumar - New Delhi, India : Oxford University Press, . 2016 - xiii, 397 pages 24cm.
Dedication; Acknowledgements; List of Maps; List of Figures; 1. Introduction; 2. Deceptions of Development; 3. Rhetoric of Revolution; 4. Perils of Productivity; 5. Constancy of Crisis; 6. Leveraging labour; 7. Elusive Empowerment; 8. Questions of Quality; 9. Assessing Accountability; 10. Indispensable Intermediaries; 11. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
An ethnographic study of the processes of agrarian change in the Malwa region of central India, over the last 40 years. It argues that both techno-managerial ways of understanding and evaluating agriculture, as well as those which emphasise the lenses of caste, class and gender, are inadequate in capturing the diverse processes at work in shaping the lives of rural people.
9780199465330
International Book Distributors :Flat No 14, Prakash Apartment 5 Ansari Road Darya Ganj New Delhi Brijwasi Book Distributors H-87, Lalita Park, Laxmi Nagar, Delhi
Economics
Production
Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- India -- Malwa (Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan)
Agriculture -- Social aspects -- India -- Malwa Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan
Agriculture and state -- India -- Malwa Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan
Agriculture and state.
Agriculture and state.
Agriculture -- Social aspects.
India -- Malwa Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan
338.109 KUM
Rethinking Revolutions : soyabean, choupals, and the changing countryside in central India / Richa Kumar - New Delhi, India : Oxford University Press, . 2016 - xiii, 397 pages 24cm.
Dedication; Acknowledgements; List of Maps; List of Figures; 1. Introduction; 2. Deceptions of Development; 3. Rhetoric of Revolution; 4. Perils of Productivity; 5. Constancy of Crisis; 6. Leveraging labour; 7. Elusive Empowerment; 8. Questions of Quality; 9. Assessing Accountability; 10. Indispensable Intermediaries; 11. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
An ethnographic study of the processes of agrarian change in the Malwa region of central India, over the last 40 years. It argues that both techno-managerial ways of understanding and evaluating agriculture, as well as those which emphasise the lenses of caste, class and gender, are inadequate in capturing the diverse processes at work in shaping the lives of rural people.
9780199465330
International Book Distributors :Flat No 14, Prakash Apartment 5 Ansari Road Darya Ganj New Delhi Brijwasi Book Distributors H-87, Lalita Park, Laxmi Nagar, Delhi
Economics
Production
Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- India -- Malwa (Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan)
Agriculture -- Social aspects -- India -- Malwa Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan
Agriculture and state -- India -- Malwa Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan
Agriculture and state.
Agriculture and state.
Agriculture -- Social aspects.
India -- Malwa Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan
338.109 KUM
