Sonar Bangla? : agricultural growth and agrarian change in West Bengal and Bangladesh
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Sonar Bangla? : agricultural growth and agrarian change in West Bengal and Bangladesh
Sage, 1999
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- : India
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University Library for Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo図
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This is the first book to analyze agrarian change in rural Bengal since the recent upsurge in agricultural growth which began in the mid-1980s. A distinguished cast of contributors explore the complex linkages between agricultural growth, agrarian social change, government policy and local level practice.
Table of Contents
Introduction - Ben Rogaly, Barbara Harriss-White and Sugata Bose
Agricultural Growth and Agrarian Change in West Bengal and Bangladesh
PART ONE: AGRICULTURAL GROWTH, POVERTY AND WELL-BEING
Agricultural Growth and Agrarian Structure in Bengal - Sugata Bose
An Historical Overview
Agricultural Growth and Recent Trends in Well-Being in Rural West Bengal - Haris Gazdar and Sunil Sengupta
Slowdown in Agricultural Growth in Bangladesh - Richard Palmer-Jones
Neither a Good Description nor a Description Good to Give
Agricultural Growth Performance in Bangladesh - Quazi Shahabuddin
A Note on the Recent Slowdown
Why Is Agricultural Growth Uneven? Class and the Agrarian Surplus in Bangladesh - Ben Crow
PART TWO: POLICIES AND PRACTICES
Agrarian Structure and Agricultural Growth Trends in Bangladesh - Shapan Adnan
The Political Economy of Technological Change and Policy Interventions
Panchayati Raj and the Changing Micro-Politics of West Bengal - Glyn Williams
From Untouchable to Communist - Arild Engelsen Ruud
Wealth, Power and Status among Supporters of the Communist Party (Marxist) in Rural West Bengal
Politics of Middleness - Dwaipayan Bhattacharyya
The Changing Character of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in Rural West Bengal (1977-90)
PART THREE: CHANGING AGRARIAN STRUCTURES
From Farms to Services - Geoffrey D Wood
Agricultural Reformation in Bangladesh
Institutions, Actors and Strategies in West Bengal's Rural Development - A Study on Irrigation - Neil Webster
Dangerous Liaisons? Seasonal Migration and Agrarian Change in West Bengal - Ben Rogaly
Agricultural Growth and the Structure and Relations of Agricultural Markets in West Bengal - Barbara Harriss-White
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