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Caste Inequality, Land Relations and Agrarian Distress in Contemporary Agrarian Economy of Bardhaman, West Bengal

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ID13118508
AutoresAtrayee Saha (0000-0002-5091-1887, University of Calcutta, autor de correspondencia)
Año2019
Volumen11
Número2
Páginas182-193
Fecha de publicación2019-10-07
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaContemporary Voice of Dalit (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2455-328X • E-ISSN: 2456-0502
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/2455328x19866997
OpenAlexW2979973552
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas10

The contemporary agrarian economy of rural West Bengal is characterized by distinct division of the farming community along caste and class lines. Unlike the belief that the communist regime in the state has significantly reduced instances of caste and class inequalities, the present article based on a fieldwork in Paarhaati village of Memary II block of Purba Bardhaman district argues in favour of the persistence of such inequalities till date. With the help of narratives collected and instances captured in a year-long fieldwork in the village, the present article attempts to bring forth the existence of domination of economically and politically powerful castes of landowners, deprivation of agricultural and landless labourers, formation of factions at the local party level, lack of initiative from the panchayat and increasing intervention of merchants, traders and middlemen that is hindering social, economic and political developments in these regions. The article argues that the ‘change’ proclaimed by the new regime has done nothing exceptional for the contemporary rural economy than the previous regime

Agrarian society · Agrarian system · Agriculture · Archaeology · Caste · Class conflict · Communism · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Inequality · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Poverty · Sociology · State (computer science · Agricultural Economics and Practices · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Indian Economic and Social Development · Law

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Obras citantes distintas1
Citas por año0,25
Intervalo de citas2022 - 2022 (1)
Velocidad de citaciónhistorical
Altamente citadoNo
Tipos de citaNeutras: 1
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