Gautam Pingali

Indigenous Question, Land Appropriation, and Development (eBook, PDF)

Understanding the Conflict in Jharkhand, India

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Produktbeschreibung

The book provides a first-hand account of land conflict and power relations in one of the most resource-rich states in India - Jharkhand. Through the eyes of the state, corporate, and Adivasi actors, it reveals how conflict over land in Jharkhand is firmly embedded in the ideological foundations of the key actors in the region.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 162
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000750454
• Artikelnr.: 66653286

Autorenporträt

Gautam Pingali completed his doctoral dissertation at the University of Technology Sydney, with a specific focus on the impact of mining on indigenous communities. He grew up in Jharkhand, India and frequently witnessed first-hand indigenous protests resulting in city-wide 'bandhs' or strikes. As a social researcher, Gautam sought to develop a deeper understanding of the indigenous resistance movement in Jharkhand. His research findings shed light on the nature and dynamics of power relations at play between the state, corporations, and indigenous communities in Jharkhand. He currently works at Supply Nation in Sydney, Australia as a Program and Evaluation Manager focused on empowering indigenous businesses.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Kuntala Lahiri
Dutt. Preface. 1. Introducing the conflict 2. Adivasis in colonial and post
colonial India 3. Development in post
colonial India 4. Removing Adivasis from the Adivasi state 5. Agriculture
'backward' economy in the eyes of the state 6. Corporations
pressures, threats, and ultimatums 7. Adivasis
the question of resistance versus persistence 8. Violent and bloodied realities of ideologies in Jharkhand 9. The way forward for Jharkhand 10. Closing remarks. References