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Dispossession without Development: Land Grabs in Neoliberal India
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0190859164
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9780190859169
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328 Pages
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English
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Dispossession Without Development : Land Grabs in Neoliberal India
Publication Year
2018
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Sociology / General, Development / Economic Development, General, Public Policy / Economic Policy
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Textbook
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Law, Political Science, Social Science, Business & Economics
Author
Michael Levien
Series
Modern South Asia Ser.
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"This book offers a novel analysis of the mechanisms and consequences of economic dispossession. Based on long-term ethnographic immersion, Levien shows how peasants are maneuvered into giving up their land. This is a must read for anyone interested in development and markets-destined to become a classic of political economy." - Michael Burawoy, Professor of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley "Levien shows precisely how state land acquisition in the name of development impoverishes the vulnerable, amplifies inequalities, and fractures collective identities. Amidst the self-congratulatory clamor around the story of India ascendant, when tall claims triumph over facts, this sober and compelling book is all the more valuable." - Amita Baviskar, Professor of Sociology, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi "This is a masterful study of how macro forces are refracted through local dynamics of caste, class, and gender to produce inequality. It stands out not only as a seminal theoretical statement on the sociology of land dispossession, but also as critical to our understanding of the on-the-ground effects of development in contemporary India." - Patrick Heller, Professor of Sociology and International Affairs, Brown University "This is a masterful study of how macro forces are refracted through local dynamics of caste, class, and gender to produce inequality. It stands out not only as a seminal theoretical statement on the sociology of land dispossession, but also as critical to our understanding of the on-the-ground effects of development in contemporary India." - Patrick Heller, Professor of Sociology and International Affairs, Brown University, "Levin's Dispossession without Development exhibits the best of U.S. Sociology: rich empirical data, causal argumentation, and generalizable claims." -- Dana Kornberg, University of Michigan, Social Forces"This scholarly masterpiece contributes to the existing body of literature on land dispossession and capitalism in general and critical sociology of land dispossession." -- Animesh Roy, Giri Institute of Development Studies, American Journal of Sociology"This book offers a novel analysis of the mechanisms and consequences of economic dispossession. Based on long-term ethnographic immersion, Levien shows how peasants are maneuvered into giving up their land. This is a must read for anyone interested in development and markets-destined to become a classic of political economy." - Michael Burawoy, Professor of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley "Levien shows precisely how state land acquisition in the name of development impoverishes the vulnerable, amplifies inequalities, and fractures collective identities. Amidst the self-congratulatory clamor around the story of India ascendant, when tall claims triumph over facts, this sober and compelling book is all the more valuable." - Amita Baviskar, Professor of Sociology, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi "This is a masterful study of how macro forces are refracted through local dynamics of caste, class, and gender to produce inequality. It stands out not only as a seminal theoretical statement on the sociology of land dispossession, but also as critical to our understanding of the on-the-ground effects of development in contemporary India." - Patrick Heller, Professor of Sociology and International Affairs, Brown University "Dispossession without Development is a tour de force, establishing a new benchmark for a critical sociology of postcolonial societies. Levien combines immersive ethnography with analytical rigor to show the devolution of the Indian developmental state into a land-broker. This is historically informed public sociology at its finest." - Manu Goswami, Associate Professor of History, NYU "[A]n account of the experience of the residents of one village in particular, 'Rajpura', where Levien, a graduate of the sociology department at Berkeley who now teaches at Johns Hopkins, lived for thirteen months beginning in January 2010, by which time the mwc, the development of which began in 2005, was already operational. Levien's book is the result of the fieldwork he conducted during his time living in Rajpura, plus shorter revisits spanning seven years.... Levien has produced a magnificent book: his empirical findings are meticulously analyzed, while the book as a whole is immensely readable and vivid." -Jan Breman, The New Left Review"Michael Levien's book, Dispossession without Development: Land Grabs in Neoliberal India, not only answers some [important] questions...it does so through a rich, grounded analysis of the mechanisms and outcomes of dispossession in rural India. Most importantly, it offers a conceptual lens to explore, compare, and understand the relationship between dispossession and capitalism.... The book makes an excellent and critical contribution to existing literature on displacement and dispossession.... a highly recommended read for anyone interested in the topic, and one of the most comprehensive and insightful works that I have read on contemporary forms of dispossession in the global South." -Fizzah Sajjad, Jamhoor, "Levin's Dispossession without Development exhibits the best of U.S. Sociology: rich empirical data, causal argumentation, and generalizable claims." -- Dana Kornberg, University of Michigan, Social Forces "This scholarly masterpiece contributes to the existing body of literature on land dispossession and capitalism in general and critical sociology of land dispossession." -- Animesh Roy, Giri Institute of Development Studies, American Journal of Sociology "This book offers a novel analysis of the mechanisms and consequences of economic dispossession. Based on long-term ethnographic immersion, Levien shows how peasants are maneuvered into giving up their land. This is a must read for anyone interested in development and markets-destined to become a classic of political economy." - Michael Burawoy, Professor of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley "Levien shows precisely how state land acquisition in the name of development impoverishes the vulnerable, amplifies inequalities, and fractures collective identities. Amidst the self-congratulatory clamor around the story of India ascendant, when tall claims triumph over facts, this sober and compelling book is all the more valuable." - Amita Baviskar, Professor of Sociology, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi "This is a masterful study of how macro forces are refracted through local dynamics of caste, class, and gender to produce inequality. It stands out not only as a seminal theoretical statement on the sociology of land dispossession, but also as critical to our understanding of the on-the-ground effects of development in contemporary India." - Patrick Heller, Professor of Sociology and International Affairs, Brown University "Dispossession without Development is a tour de force, establishing a new benchmark for a critical sociology of postcolonial societies. Levien combines immersive ethnography with analytical rigor to show the devolution of the Indian developmental state into a land-broker. This is historically informed public sociology at its finest." - Manu Goswami, Associate Professor of History, NYU "[A]n account of the experience of the residents of one village in particular, 'Rajpura', where Levien, a graduate of the sociology department at Berkeley who now teaches at Johns Hopkins, lived for thirteen months beginning in January 2010, by which time the mwc, the development of which began in 2005, was already operational. Levien's book is the result of the fieldwork he conducted during his time living in Rajpura, plus shorter revisits spanning seven years.... Levien has produced a magnificent book: his empirical findings are meticulously analyzed, while the book as a whole is immensely readable and vivid." -Jan Breman, The New Left Review "Michael Levien's book, Dispossession without Development: Land Grabs in Neoliberal India, not only answers some [important] questions...it does so through a rich, grounded analysis of the mechanisms and outcomes of dispossession in rural India. Most importantly, it offers a conceptual lens to explore, compare, and understand the relationship between dispossession and capitalism.... The book makes an excellent and critical contribution to existing literature on displacement and dispossession.... a highly recommended read for anyone interested in the topic, and one of the most comprehensive and insightful works that I have read on contemporary forms of dispossession in the global South." -Fizzah Sajjad, Jamhoor, "This scholarly masterpiece contributes to the existing body of literature on land dispossession and capitalism in general and critical sociology of land dispossession." -- Animesh Roy, Giri Institute of Development Studies, American Journal of Sociology "This book offers a novel analysis of the mechanisms and consequences of economic dispossession. Based on long-term ethnographic immersion, Levien shows how peasants are maneuvered into giving up their land. This is a must read for anyone interested in development and markets-destined to become a classic of political economy." - Michael Burawoy, Professor of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley "Levien shows precisely how state land acquisition in the name of development impoverishes the vulnerable, amplifies inequalities, and fractures collective identities. Amidst the self-congratulatory clamor around the story of India ascendant, when tall claims triumph over facts, this sober and compelling book is all the more valuable." - Amita Baviskar, Professor of Sociology, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi "This is a masterful study of how macro forces are refracted through local dynamics of caste, class, and gender to produce inequality. It stands out not only as a seminal theoretical statement on the sociology of land dispossession, but also as critical to our understanding of the on-the-ground effects of development in contemporary India." - Patrick Heller, Professor of Sociology and International Affairs, Brown University "Dispossession without Development is a tour de force, establishing a new benchmark for a critical sociology of postcolonial societies. Levien combines immersive ethnography with analytical rigor to show the devolution of the Indian developmental state into a land-broker. This is historically informed public sociology at its finest." - Manu Goswami, Associate Professor of History, NYU "[A]n account of the experience of the residents of one village in particular, 'Rajpura', where Levien, a graduate of the sociology department at Berkeley who now teaches at Johns Hopkins, lived for thirteen months beginning in January 2010, by which time the mwc, the development of which began in 2005, was already operational. Levien's book is the result of the fieldwork he conducted during his time living in Rajpura, plus shorter revisits spanning seven years.... Levien has produced a magnificent book: his empirical findings are meticulously analyzed, while the book as a whole is immensely readable and vivid." -Jan Breman, The New Left Review "Michael Levien's book, Dispossession without Development: Land Grabs in Neoliberal India, not only answers some [important] questions...it does so through a rich, grounded analysis of the mechanisms and outcomes of dispossession in rural India. Most importantly, it offers a conceptual lens to explore, compare, and understand the relationship between dispossession and capitalism.... The book makes an excellent and critical contribution to existing literature on displacement and dispossession.... a highly recommended read for anyone interested in the topic, and one of the most comprehensive and insightful works that I have read on contemporary forms of dispossession in the global South." -Fizzah Sajjad, Jamhoor, "Levin's Dispossession without Development exhibits the best of U.S. Sociology: rich empirical data, causal argumentation, and generalizable claims." -- Dana Kornberg, University of Michigan, Social Forces"This scholarly masterpiece contributes to the existing body of literature on land dispossession and capitalism in general and critical sociology of land dispossession." -- Animesh Roy, Giri Institute of Development Studies, American Journal of Sociology"This book offers a novel analysis of the mechanisms and consequences of economic dispossession. Based on long-term ethnographic immersion, Levien shows how peasants are maneuvered into giving up their land. This is a must read for anyone interested in development and markets-destined to become a classic of political economy." - Michael Burawoy, Professor of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley"Levien shows precisely how state land acquisition in the name of development impoverishes the vulnerable, amplifies inequalities, and fractures collective identities. Amidst the self-congratulatory clamor around the story of India ascendant, when tall claims triumph over facts, this sober and compelling book is all the more valuable." - Amita Baviskar, Professor of Sociology, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi"This is a masterful study of how macro forces are refracted through local dynamics of caste, class, and gender to produce inequality. It stands out not only as a seminal theoretical statement on the sociology of land dispossession, but also as critical to our understanding of the on-the-ground effects of development in contemporary India." - Patrick Heller, Professor of Sociology and International Affairs, Brown University"Dispossession without Development is a tour de force, establishing a new benchmark for a critical sociology of postcolonial societies. Levien combines immersive ethnography with analytical rigor to show the devolution of the Indian developmental state into a land-broker. This is historically informed public sociology at its finest." - Manu Goswami, Associate Professor of History, NYU"[A]n account of the experience of the residents of one village in particular, 'Rajpura', where Levien, a graduate of the sociology department at Berkeley who now teaches at Johns Hopkins, lived for thirteen months beginning in January 2010, by which time the mwc, the development of which began in 2005, was already operational. Levien's book is the result of the fieldwork he conducted during his time living in Rajpura, plus shorter revisits spanning sevenyears.... Levien has produced a magnificent book: his empirical findings are meticulously analyzed, while the book as a whole is immensely readable and vivid." -Jan Breman, The New Left Review"Michael Levien's book, Dispossession without Development: Land Grabs in Neoliberal India, not only answers some [important] questions...it does so through a rich, grounded analysis of the mechanisms and outcomes of dispossession in rural India. Most importantly, it offers a conceptual lens to explore, compare, and understand the relationship between dispossession and capitalism.... The book makes an excellent and critical contribution to existingliterature on displacement and dispossession.... a highly recommended read for anyone interested in the topic, and one of the most comprehensive and insightful works that I have read on contemporary forms ofdispossession in the global South." -Fizzah Sajjad, Jamhoor, "This book offers a novel analysis of the mechanisms and consequences of economic dispossession. Based on long-term ethnographic immersion, Levien shows how peasants are maneuvered into giving up their land. This is a must read for anyone interested in development and markets-destined to become a classic of political economy." - Michael Burawoy, Professor of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley "Levien shows precisely how state land acquisition in the name of development impoverishes the vulnerable, amplifies inequalities, and fractures collective identities. Amidst the self-congratulatory clamor around the story of India ascendant, when tall claims triumph over facts, this sober and compelling book is all the more valuable." - Amita Baviskar, Professor of Sociology, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi "This is a masterful study of how macro forces are refracted through local dynamics of caste, class, and gender to produce inequality. It stands out not only as a seminal theoretical statement on the sociology of land dispossession, but also as critical to our understanding of the on-the-ground effects of development in contemporary India." - Patrick Heller, Professor of Sociology and International Affairs, Brown University "Dispossession without Development is a tour de force, establishing a new benchmark for a critical sociology of postcolonial societies. Levien combines immersive ethnography with analytical rigor to show the devolution of the Indian developmental state into a land-broker. This is historically informed public sociology at its finest." - Manu Goswami, Associate Professor of History, NYU, "This book offers a novel analysis of the mechanisms and consequences of economic dispossession. Based on long-term ethnographic immersion, Levien shows how peasants are maneuvered into giving up their land. This is a must read for anyone interested in development and markets-destined to become a classic of political economy." - Michael Burawoy, Professor of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley "Levien shows precisely how state land acquisition in the name of development impoverishes the vulnerable, amplifies inequalities, and fractures collective identities. Amidst the self-congratulatory clamor around the story of India ascendant, when tall claims triumph over facts, this sober and compelling book is all the more valuable." - Amita Baviskar, Professor of Sociology, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi "This is a masterful study of how macro forces are refracted through local dynamics of caste, class, and gender to produce inequality. It stands out not only as a seminal theoretical statement on the sociology of land dispossession, but also as critical to our understanding of the on-the-ground effects of development in contemporary India." - Patrick Heller, Professor of Sociology and International Affairs, Brown University "Dispossession without Development is a tour de force, establishing a new benchmark for a critical sociology of postcolonial societies. Levien combines immersive ethnography with analytical rigor to show the devolution of the Indian developmental state into a land-broker. This is historically informed public sociology at its finest." - Manu Goswami, Associate Professor of History, NYU "[A]n account of the experience of the residents of one village in particular, 'Rajpura', where Levien, a graduate of the sociology department at Berkeley who now teaches at Johns Hopkins, lived for thirteen months beginning in January 2010, by which time the mwc, the development of which began in 2005, was already operational. Levien's book is the result of the fieldwork he conducted during his time living in Rajpura, plus shorter revisits spanning seven years.... Levien has produced a magnificent book: his empirical findings are meticulously analyzed, while the book as a whole is immensely readable and vivid." -Jan Breman, The New Left Review "Michael Levien's book, Dispossession without Development: Land Grabs in Neoliberal India, not only answers some [important] questions...it does so through a rich, grounded analysis of the mechanisms and outcomes of dispossession in rural India. Most importantly, it offers a conceptual lens to explore, compare, and understand the relationship between dispossession and capitalism.... The book makes an excellent and critical contribution to existing literature on displacement and dispossession.... a highly recommended read for anyone interested in the topic, and one of the most comprehensive and insightful works that I have read on contemporary forms of dispossession in the global South." -Fizzah Sajjad, Jamhoor
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
333.3154
Table Of Content
Acknowledgements MapPersonae DramatisPreface: From Narmada to Rajpura 1. Introduction 2. Genesis of the Land Broker State 3. Rajpura 4. Dispossession 5. Differentiation by Speculation 6. Peasants in a Knowledge Economy 7. On the Margins of a World City 8. Politics After Dispossession 9. Conclusion: "Land Wars" and Development NotesReferences
Synopsis
Winner of the 2019 Global and Transnational Sociology Best Book Award, American Sociological Association Winner of the 2019 Political Economy of World System (PEWS) Distinguished Book Award, American Sociological Association Received Honorable Mention for the 2019 Asia/Transnational Book Award, American Sociological Association Since the mid-2000s, India has been beset by widespread farmer protests against land dispossession. Dispossession Without Development demonstrates that beneath these conflicts lay a profound shift in regimes of dispossession . While the postcolonial Indian state dispossessed land mostly for public-sector industry and infrastructure, since the 1990s state governments have become land brokers for private real estate capital. Using the case of a village in Rajasthan that was dispossessed for a private Special Economic Zone, the book ethnographically illustrates the exclusionary trajectory of capitalism driving dispossession in contemporary India. Taking us into the lives of diverse villagers in "Rajpura," the book meticulously documents the destruction of agricultural livelihoods, the marginalization of rural labor, the spatial uneveness of infrastructure provision, and the dramatic consequences of real estate speculation for social inequality and village politics. Illuminating the structural underpinnings of land struggles in contemporary India, this book will resonate in any place where "land grabs" have fueled conflict in recent years., Since the mid-2000s, India has been beset by widespread farmer protests against land dispossession. Dispossession Without Development demonstrates that beneath these conflicts lay a profound shift in regimes of dispossession . While the postcolonial Indian state dispossessed land mostly for public-sector industry and infrastructure, since the 1990s state governments have become land brokers for private real estate capital. Using the case of a village in Rajasthan that was dispossessed for a private Special Economic Zone, the book ethnographically illustrates the exclusionary trajectory of capitalism driving dispossession in contemporary India. Taking us into the lives of diverse villagers in "Rajpura," the book meticulously documents the destruction of agricultural livelihoods, the marginalization of rural labor, the spatial uneveness of infrastructure provision, and the dramatic consequences of real estate speculation for social inequality and village politics. Illuminating the structural underpinnings of land struggles in contemporary India, this book will resonate in any place where "land grabs" have fueled conflict in recent years., Since the mid-2000s, India has been beset by widespread farmer protests against "land grabs." Dispossession Without Development demonstrates that beneath these conflicts lay a profound transformation in the political economy of land dispossession. While the postcolonial Indian state dispossessed land mostly for public-sector industry and infrastructure, the adoption of neoliberal economic policies in the early 1990s prompted state governments to become land brokers for private real estate capital. This new regime of dispossession culminated with private Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in the mid-2000s. Using the case of a village in Rajasthan that was dispossessed for one of North India's largest SEZs, the book ethnographically illustrates how the zone's real estate-driven and knowledge-intensive growth intersected with pre-existing agrarian inequalities to generate a peculiar and exclusionary trajectory of social change. Taking us into the lives of diverse villagers, the book meticulously documents the destruction of their agricultural livelihoods, the marginalization of their labor, and their exclusion from the zone's "world-class" infrastructure. Most poignantly, it shows farmers' unequal capacities to profit from dramatic land speculation and the consequences of this for village social relations and politics. Illuminating the exclusionary trajectory of capitalism that underlay land conflicts in contemporary India, Dispossession Without Development also advances a novel theory of land dispossession. This book will resonate in both India and many other places where "land grabs" have fueled conflict in recent years., Winner of the 2019 Global and Transnational Sociology Best Book Award, American Sociological AssociationWinner of the 2019 Political Economy of World System (PEWS) Distinguished Book Award, American Sociological AssociationReceived Honorable Mention for the 2019 Asia/Transnational Book Award, American Sociological AssociationSince the mid-2000s, India has been beset by widespread farmer protests againstland dispossession. Dispossession Without Development demonstrates that beneath these conflicts lay a profound shift in regimes of dispossession. While the postcolonial Indian state dispossessed land mostly forpublic-sector industry and infrastructure, since the 1990s state governments have become land brokers for private real estate capital. Using the case of a village in Rajasthan that was dispossessed for a private Special Economic Zone, the book ethnographically illustrates the exclusionary trajectory of capitalism driving dispossession in contemporary India. Taking us into the lives of diverse villagers in "Rajpura," the book meticulously documents the destruction of agricultural livelihoods,the marginalization of rural labor, the spatial uneveness of infrastructure provision, and the dramatic consequences of real estate speculation for social inequality and village politics. Illuminatingthe structural underpinnings of land struggles in contemporary India, this book will resonate in any place where "land grabs" have fueled conflict in recent years., In Dispossession without Development, Michael Levien seeks to uncover the structural underpinnings of India's so-called "land wars." He examines how land dispossession changed with India's shift from state-led development to neoliberalism and the consequences of these changes for dispossessed farmers in contemporary India.
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HD1333.I4L48 2018

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