Agrarian Reform and Farmer Resistance in Punjab (eBook, ePUB)

Mobilization and Resilience
Redaktion: Thandi, Shinder Singh

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the different dimensions of farmer agitations in Punjab, India. It situates the 2020-2021 farmer resistance movement within the wider context of India's post-independent development trajectory and provides a thorough analysis of various aspects of the farmers' movement in India.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 295
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000816303
• Artikelnr.: 66258989

Autorenporträt

Shinder Singh Thandi, PhD, is a former Professor who taught in the Global Studies Department at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA. Previously, he was based at Coventry University, UK, where he was head of Department of Economics, Finance and Accounting from 2009 to 2015. He is founder-editor of the Journal of Sikh & Punjab Studies, published since 1994. He has published many journal articles and book chapters on Indian and Punjabi migration and on different dimensions of Sikh diaspora and homeland relations. He co-authored A South Asian History of Britain: Four Centuries of Peoples from the Indian Sub-Continent (with Michael Fisher and Shompa Lahiri; 2007) and co-edited People on the Move: Punjabi Colonial and Post-Colonial Migration (with Ian Talbot; 2004) and Punjabi Identity in a Global Context (with Pritam Singh; 1999).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction to Agrarian Reforms and the 2020-2021 Farmer Resistance: A Momentous Morcha
Part I: Historical
Literary and Comparative Perspectives
1. Agrarian Resistance in Punjab: Contextualizing Farmer Protests at the Gates of Delhi in a Historical Perspective
2. Kisan Protests in Punjab 1907-2021: A Literary Lineage of Resistance
3. A Tale of Two Punjabi Peasant Agitations: Comparing 1907 and 2020-2021
4. From Disunity to Unity: Organization
Mobilization Strategies and Achievements of the Recent Farmers' Movement in Punjab
5. Contemporary Farmers' Protests and the Legacy of the 1980s: Changes in Ideology
Class Coalitions and Political Structure
Part II: Dimensions and Dynamics of Reform
Resistance and Resilience
6. Farm Laws
Federalism and Farm Protests: Challenges for Punjab
7. 'Modernist' Teleology and Futures of Agriculture: Making Sense of the Punjabi Farmers' Movement of 2020-2021
8. Reforming Agricultural Markets for Agrarian Transformation: Potential Implications of Repealed Farm Acts for Punjab
9. Mera Pind
Mera Sabhyachar
Mera Virsa: Understanding Sikh Diaspora Support for the Punjab Kisan Morcha
10. Enhancing Visibility
Extending Solidarity: Women's Participation in the 2020-2021 Farmer Protests