Main description:
This is the first book to analyze agrarian change in rural Bengal since the recent upsurge in agricultural growth which began in the mid-1980s. A distinguished cast of contributors explore the complex linkages between agricultural growth, agrarian social change, government policy and local level practice.
Table of contents:
Introduction - Ben Rogaly, Barbara Harriss-White and Sugata Bose
Agricultural Growth and Agrarian Change in West Bengal and Bangladesh
PART ONE: AGRICULTURAL GROWTH, POVERTY AND WELL-BEING
Agricultural Growth and Agrarian Structure in Bengal - Sugata Bose
An Historical Overview
Agricultural Growth and Recent Trends in Well-Being in Rural West Bengal - Haris Gazdar and Sunil Sengupta
Slowdown in Agricultural Growth in Bangladesh - Richard Palmer-Jones
Neither a Good Description nor a Description Good to Give
Agricultural Growth Performance in Bangladesh - Quazi Shahabuddin
A Note on the Recent Slowdown
Why Is Agricultural Growth Uneven? Class and the Agrarian Surplus in Bangladesh - Ben Crow
PART TWO: POLICIES AND PRACTICES
Agrarian Structure and Agricultural Growth Trends in Bangladesh - Shapan Adnan
The Political Economy of Technological Change and Policy Interventions
Panchayati Raj and the Changing Micro-Politics of West Bengal - Glyn Williams
From Untouchable to Communist - Arild Engelsen Ruud
Wealth, Power and Status among Supporters of the Communist Party (Marxist) in Rural West Bengal
Politics of Middleness - Dwaipayan Bhattacharyya
The Changing Character of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in Rural West Bengal (1977-90)
PART THREE: CHANGING AGRARIAN STRUCTURES
From Farms to Services - Geoffrey D Wood
Agricultural Reformation in Bangladesh
Institutions, Actors and Strategies in West Bengal's Rural Development - A Study on Irrigation - Neil Webster
Dangerous Liaisons? Seasonal Migration and Agrarian Change in West Bengal - Ben Rogaly
Agricultural Growth and the Structure and Relations of Agricultural Markets in West Bengal - Barbara Harriss-White
This is the first book to analyze agrarian change in rural Bengal since the recent upsurge in agricultural growth which began in the mid-1980s. A distinguished cast of contributors explore the complex linkages between agricultural growth, agrarian social change, government policy and local level practice.
Table of contents:
Introduction - Ben Rogaly, Barbara Harriss-White and Sugata Bose
Agricultural Growth and Agrarian Change in West Bengal and Bangladesh
PART ONE: AGRICULTURAL GROWTH, POVERTY AND WELL-BEING
Agricultural Growth and Agrarian Structure in Bengal - Sugata Bose
An Historical Overview
Agricultural Growth and Recent Trends in Well-Being in Rural West Bengal - Haris Gazdar and Sunil Sengupta
Slowdown in Agricultural Growth in Bangladesh - Richard Palmer-Jones
Neither a Good Description nor a Description Good to Give
Agricultural Growth Performance in Bangladesh - Quazi Shahabuddin
A Note on the Recent Slowdown
Why Is Agricultural Growth Uneven? Class and the Agrarian Surplus in Bangladesh - Ben Crow
PART TWO: POLICIES AND PRACTICES
Agrarian Structure and Agricultural Growth Trends in Bangladesh - Shapan Adnan
The Political Economy of Technological Change and Policy Interventions
Panchayati Raj and the Changing Micro-Politics of West Bengal - Glyn Williams
From Untouchable to Communist - Arild Engelsen Ruud
Wealth, Power and Status among Supporters of the Communist Party (Marxist) in Rural West Bengal
Politics of Middleness - Dwaipayan Bhattacharyya
The Changing Character of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in Rural West Bengal (1977-90)
PART THREE: CHANGING AGRARIAN STRUCTURES
From Farms to Services - Geoffrey D Wood
Agricultural Reformation in Bangladesh
Institutions, Actors and Strategies in West Bengal's Rural Development - A Study on Irrigation - Neil Webster
Dangerous Liaisons? Seasonal Migration and Agrarian Change in West Bengal - Ben Rogaly
Agricultural Growth and the Structure and Relations of Agricultural Markets in West Bengal - Barbara Harriss-White