Peer Ghulam Nabi Suhail

Pieces of Earth

The Politics of Land-Grabbing in Kashmir

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Produktbeschreibung

Based on extensive field research on the India-Pakistan border, this book is about the corporate land grabs in Kashmir which explores how capital is at play in a conflict zone. Using the Kishanganga Hydroelectric Project, as a case study, this work focuses on the dispossession and displacement caused by such projects. It also discusses the meanings, relations, and connections of the indigeneous peasants with their natural resources.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. März 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 221mm x 145mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9780199477616
• ISBN-10: 0199477612
• Artikelnr.: 51970154

Autorenporträt

Peer Ghulam Nabi Suhail is Director, Centre for Research and Development Policy, Srinagar

Inhaltsangabe

* List of Illustration
List of Tables
Acknowledgement
List of Abbreviations
1. Capital in a Disputed Land
2. Global Perspective on Land Grabbing
3. Political and Economic History of Land Grabs in India
4. From Land Tenure Changes to Land Grabs
5. Development Induced Dispossession, Displacement, and Embedded
Power Relations
6. Power, Politics, and Struggles over Land
7. Exploitation and Politics of Decision Making
Bibliography
Index
About the Author