ABSTRACT
This volume engages with the topical issue of land rights in neoliberal India. It examines government policies, laws, land governance and land reforms from the perspective of social justice and people’s response to dispossession of land.
Looking beyond the dominant discourse of land acquisition and the conception of land as a commodity for economic growth, the book explores critical themes including issues of social identity, culture, livelihood and food security through a study of land reform; reviews existing land policies and legal dimensions; and discusses issues and challenges of land governance and land dependents as well as perspectives from people’s movements.
Lucidly written, based on empirical research, and comprehensive in its treatment of a contentious concern, this volume will be useful to scholars and researchers of economics and public policy, development studies, political science, and political economy. It will also interest scholars of South Asian studies and sociology.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |87 pages
Issues of Land Dependents
chapter |16 pages
‘If We had Land, We would be Human'
chapter |16 pages
Politics of Commons
chapter |20 pages
Examining Change in the Nature and Composition of Land Lease Arrangements in India
part |59 pages
Revisiting Land Reforms from a Social Justice Perspective
part |51 pages
Reviewing Existing Policies and Laws
chapter |17 pages
Asserting Community Forest Rights on Forest Land in India
part |33 pages
People's Movements on Land Question
chapter |15 pages
People's Response to Land Dispossession
part |38 pages
Issues and Challenges of Land Governance