Punjab peasantry in turmoil

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Punjab peasantry in turmoil

edited by Birinder Pal Singh

Manohar, 2010

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Over the last two decades thousands of peasnts in the Indian Punjab have sacrificed themselves at the altar of the nation, feeding the teeming millions. This state, the harbinger of Green Revolution in the country was the model for the rest of the nation for revoltionising agriculture in a colonialised traditional society. The volume also deliberates upon the critical issues of the erstwhile Punjab, across the border, now called West Punjab. Four papers in this volume reflect upon the different aspects of the peasantry there. The two Punjabs are now afflicted with numerous ailments social, economic and political. He farmers are committing suicides. The economic returns from the over-exploited land are not rising in a proportionate manner to their expectations and expenditures. Globalization has added fuel to the fire. The governments in India and Pakistan are not dealing with these issues protecting the interests of the peasantry. The younger generation is opting out of agriculture and migrating abroad in search of employment and better life. What is the crisis that peasantry in the two Punjabs is confronting? What are its roots and its manifest forms? In this volume an attempt has been made to bring together ideas and arguments of activists and scholars from different disciplines specializing in sociology, economics, political science, history and literature, all sharing their concern for peasantry. A large canvas of issues that have brought turmoil in the lives of peasantry like agricultural policy, globalization, indebtedness, poverty, suicides, caste conflicts, militancy, violence, migration, etc., have been deliberated upon in this volume.

目次

  • Introduction
  • Class Conflict & Change: Profile of a Village in West Punjab
  • Impact of Colonial Capitalism on the Peasantry in West Punjab
  • Globalization & Agriculture: Some Propositions
  • Indias Granary Devastated: Punjab under Neo-Liberal Economic Reforms
  • Whom & What to Fight?: Indian Farmer Collective Action under Liberalization & Globalization
  • Farming Crisis & Farmers Suicides in Punjab: An Examination of Institutional Dimensions
  • Corporate Agriculture Farming in West Punjab: A Serious Threat to Small Peasants
  • Anjuman Mazarain Punjab: The Struggle Continues
  • Punjab Peasantry & the Green Revolution: An Activists Perspective
  • Viability Crisis of the Small & Marginal Farmers & Response of the Farmers Movement in Punjab
  • Sikh Militant Violence: A Manifestation of the Economic Crisis in Punjab
  • Burden of Tradition & Vision of Equality: Political Sociology of Jutt-Dalit Conflicts in Punjab
  • Des Hoya Pardes: The Crisis of Punjabi Peasantry & Sikh Emigration Since the 1970s
  • Johl Diversification Scheme: A Critique
  • Beyond Crisis: Rethinking Contemporary Punjab Agriculture
  • Index.

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