Introduction. Land, 'Development' and 'Security' in Bangladesh and India

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ID2634801
AutoresKaty Gardner (0000-0002-5608-7585, autor correspondente), E Gerharz (0000-0002-8615-0813)
Ano2016
Volume13
Fascículo13
Data de publicação2016-04-22
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSouth Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1960-6060 • E-ISSN: 1960-6060
EditoraOpenEdition (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4000/samaj.4141
OpenAlexW2339008237
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8
Referências citadas74

This introduction to the volume addresses some of the complexities surrounding land acquisition in contemporary Bangladesh and India. By interrogating four conceptual issues concerning current land expropriation, we seek to develop some common ground and to reveal important questions addressed in the articles and beyond. First, we discuss recent theoretical approaches to dispossession and land loss and secondly, the ideological apparatus of contemporary dispossessions—the discursive formations of ‘development’ and ‘security’. Thirdly, by contrasting the historical trajectories of both countries, we also explore the coalitions between states, corporations and the military. Finally, we discuss the ways in which violence and security have played a changing role in displacement

Common ground · Development economics · Economics · Environmental planning · Expropriation · Geography · Ideology · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Land Rights and Reforms · Law · Water Governance and Infrastructure