: soyabean, choupals, and the changing countryside in central India Kumar, Richa creator Kumar, Richa text New Delhi, India : Oxford University Press, . 2016 monographic eng

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xiii, 397 pages 24cm. 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. 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 / Richa Kumar 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 9780199465330 :International Book Distributors :Flat No 14, Prakash Apartment 5 Ansari Road Darya Ganj New Delhi 200826 20200826122149.0