Kenneth Bo Nielsen

Land Dispossession and Everyday Politics in Rural Eastern India

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

'Land Dispossession and Everyday Politics in Rural Eastern India' analyses the political mobilization of farmers in Singur, West Bengal, in defence of their farmland. By foregrounding the everyday politics of popular mobilization, the book sheds new light on the internal politics of one of India's most talked-about new land wars.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Februar 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 539g
• ISBN-13: 9781783087471
• ISBN-10: 1783087471
• Artikelnr.: 49563551

Autorenporträt

Kenneth Bo Nielsen is associate professor of South Asia Studies at the Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages, University of Oslo, Norway.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Tables
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter 1: Situating Singur
Chapter 2: Land, Identity, and the Politics of Representation
Chapter 3: Law, Judicialisation and the Politics of Waiting
Chapter 4: Class, Caste and Community
Chapter 5: Gendered Mobilisation: Women as Activists and Symbols
Chapter 6: Activist Leadership
Chapter 7: Ma, Mati, Manush - Mamata
Conclusion
Glossary
Bibliography
Index.