The Land Question in India: State, Dispossession, and Capitalist Transition

Examines the centrality of land in contemporary development discourse in India and the role of the state in the dispossession of land from peasants and tribal communities. It looks at land acquisition processes, their legal and ethical implications, and the regional diversity of acquisition experiences in India.

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Cover; The Land Question in India: State, Dispossession, and Capitalist Transition; Copyright; Preface and Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations and Acronyms; List of Contributors; Prelude: Land and the Political Management of Primitive Accumulation; The People as a Political Construct; The Concept of Primitive Accumulation; Luxemburgś Elaboration; Primitive Accumulation in Large Agrarian Countries; The Political Problem of Primitive Accumulation; Political Society as a Field of Negotiation; Populism as the Political Form of Mass Democracy.

To ConcludeReferences; 1: The Land Question in India: State, Dispossession, and Capitalist Transition; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Land and Capitalist Transition Today; 1.3 State, Development, and Dispossession; 1.4 Brief ChapterDescriptions and Integration; 1.4.1 Primitive and Contemporary Accumulation; 1.4.2 Legal-Institutional Dimensions of ``Regimes of Dispossession;́́ 1.4.3 Regional Perspectives; Notes; References; Part I: Primitive and Contemporary Accumulation; 2: From Primitive Accumulation to Regimes of Dispossession: Theses on Indiaś Land Question; 2.1 Introduction.

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