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Agrarian studies : essays on agrarian relations in less-developed countries

Title
Agrarian studies : essays on agrarian relations in less-developed countries / edited by V.K. Ramachandran and Madhura Swaminathan.
Publication
London ; New York : Zed Books, 2003.

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Additional Authors
  • Ramachandran, V. K.
  • Madhura Swaminathan
Description
xxxi, 568 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
Subject
  • Agriculture > Economic aspects > Developing countries > Congresses
  • Land tenure > Developing countries > Congresses
  • Social classes > Developing countries > Congresses
  • Developing countries > Rural conditions > Congresses
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction / V. K. Ramachandran and Madhura Swaminathan -- Poverty and the Distribution of Land / Keith Griffin, Azizur Rahman Khan and Amy Ickowitz -- Paths of Capitalist Agrarian Transition in the Past and in the Contemporary World / Terence J. Byres -- Globalization of Capital and Terms of Trade Movements / Prabhat Patnaik -- Deflation and Deja Vu: Indian Agriculture in the World Economy / Utsa Patnaik -- Agrarian Transformation and Human Development: Instrumental and Constitutive Links / Amiya Kumar Bagchi -- Land and Agrarian Reform in South Africa: Contemporary Challenges and Perspectives / Richard Levin -- Agrarian Transition in Russia / Nirmal Kumar Chandra -- Note / Venkatesh Athreya -- The Politics of Partial Reform in the Philippines / James Putzel -- The Land Market Approach to Rural Development / M. Riad El-Ghonemy -- Agrarian Reform in Brazil: Victories and Challenges in the Era of Globalization / Marcos Kowarick -- Mexico: Peasant Agriculture and Food in a Global Context / Kirsten Appendini -- The Neoliberal Transformation of Chilean Agriculture in the Era of Globalization / Cristobal Kay -- Agrarian Relations in Contemporary West Bengal and Tasks for the Left / Surjya Kanta Mishra and Vikas Rawal -- Presentation Land Relations in Contemporary Kerala: A Survey / P. K. Michael Tharakan -- Changes in Agrarian Relations and Livelihoods in Rural Bangladesh: Insights from Repeat Village Studies / Mahabub Hossain, Manik L. Bose, Alamgir Chowdhury and Ruth Meinzen-Dick -- Agriculture, Employment and Poverty: Recent Trends in Rural India / Abhijit Sen -- Agricultural Workers in Rural Tamil Nadu: A Field Report / V. K. Ramachandran, Madhura Swaminathan and Vikas Rawal -- Note / K. Nagaraj -- Economic and Social Vulnerability in Rural China: Current Situation and Some Emerging Policy Issues / Zhang Xiaoshan -- Presentation: Dealing with Agrarian Relations in the Process of Rural Development: Experience of the Communist Party of Vietnam / Nguyen Tan Trinh -- Cuba: An Experience of Rural Development / Victor Manuel Figueroa Albelo.
ISBN
  • 184277316X (cased)
  • 1842773178 (limp)
LCCN
2002031109
OCLC
  • ocm50285382
  • SCSB-4818081
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries