Breaking the chains : collective action for social justice among the rural poor of Bangladesh
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Breaking the chains : collective action for social justice among the rural poor of Bangladesh
IT Publications, c1992
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Shows how the landless poor of Bangladesh have worked to determine their own future, independent of the existing power structure. Demonstrates effective organizing by the landless, the results of their action, and thoughts on the way forward.
Table of Contents
- FOREWORD by Famque Ahmed vi PREFACE vii GLOSSARY viii PART ONE: INTRODUCTION by Geoffrey D. Wood 1 PART TWO: CASE STUDIES by Bosse Kramsjo 35 Greater solidarity for greater power 37 Fights for legal control ofkhas resources 41 Khas ponds
- Housing
- Rice paddies
- A marsh
- A deep tubewell
- Vested land Resistance to exploitation by the rich 62 Village touts
- False claims for religious purposes
- A fraudulent sharecropper Women fight for their rights 70 The life of Amena Begum from misery to dignity
- Women against divorce
- An unregistered marriage
- Dignity and dowry
- Literacy Increasing wages and incomes 82 Food for work
- The daily wage
- Equal pay for equal work Income generation 91 Popular theatre for mobilization 95 Organizational strength for greater power - the way forward 100
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